8 BULLETIN 337, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



It will be seen that cash renters and share renters had, on the aver- 

 age, 28 and 27 acres of cultivated land, respectively, while share 

 croppers had only 19 acres. The share croppers' land was more 

 exclusively devoted to cotton than that of the renters. 



The yield of cotton per acre was 0.69 bale for share croppers and 

 share renters, as compared with 0.61 for cash renters, indicating -that 

 the cash renters produce smaller crops than the share renters or share 

 croppers, in the magnitude of whose crop the landlord is directly 

 concerned. The assumption that the landlords sometimes assign the 

 poorer land to cash renters since yield per acre does not directly con- 

 cern the landlord, is not borne out by Table IV. 



The average investment was considerably less ($1,811) in holdings 

 of share croppers than in those of share renters ($2,504) or of cash 

 renters ($2,574), but the difference was due very largely to the fact 

 that the share croppers' holdings were smaller, since the value of land 

 and of buildings per acre did not differ materially for the different 

 types of tenants. The average value of tools, however, was only 

 $1.52 per acre on share croppers' land, as compared with $2 on share 

 renters' and $1.83 on cash renters', indicating that less machinery is 

 used on share croppers' holdings. Owing to cooperation, the ma- 

 chinery is generally more fully utilized by share croppers than by the 

 other tenants. 



A difference worth noting is that for share croppers, where the 

 mules are supplied by the landlord, the average value of mules was 

 $187, while for share renters it was $147 and for cash renters $150. 

 The landlords supply better mules than do the tenants and see to it 

 that good use is made of the mules, the average number of bales of 

 cotton and the average number of acres cultivated per mule being 

 considerably greater where the mules belong to the landlords than 

 where they belong to the tenants. 



The labor income of tenants was $333 for share croppers, $398 

 for share renters, and $478 for cash renters. By labor income is 

 meant the amount the farmer gets for his individual year's work 

 exclusive of the use of a house and the food and fuel furnished by 

 the farm. It is computed by subtracting from the net receipts all 

 expenses, including value of unpaid family labor, as well as interest 

 on investment and allowances for depreciation and repairs. 1 It 



1 The items of expenditure were determined by obtaining estimates from the 160 planters interviewed, 

 each planter's figures being used on the records for his plantation. The averages of the estimates given 

 by the planters for the various items of expenditures were as follows: 



Depreciation and insurance on buildings jper cent. . 6. 



Repairs on buildings do 4. 5 



Depreciation of mules do 10. 4 



Depreciation of implements and tools do 20. 7 



Repairs of implements and tools do 13. 2 



Cost of feeding one mule $91. 00 



Cost of ginning and wrapping per bale $3. 50 



Cost of overseeing per acre $1. 51 



