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and the landlord received 16.4 per cent on his investment, while 

 where the yield was less than 0.6 of a bale the tenant had a labor 

 income of $246 and the landlord only made 7 per cent on his money. 



TENANTS 

 LABOR 

 INCOME 



SHARE CROPPERS 



SHARE RENTERS 



CASH RENTERS 



TENANTS 

 LABOR 

 INCOME 



S 1200 



1100 

 1000 

 900 

 800 

 700 

 600 

 500 

 400 

 300 

 200 

 100 











1200 



1100 



1000 



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YIELD OF 

 COTTON 

 PER ACRE 



UNDER .6 TO .8 TO 1 BALE 

 .6 BALE .8 BALE 1 BALE & OVER 



UNDER .6 TO .8 TO 1 BALE 

 .6 BALE .8 BALE 1 BALE & OVER 



UNDER .6 TO .8 TO 1 BALE 

 .6 BALE .8 BALE IBALE 8. OVER 



YIELD OF 

 COTTON 

 PER ACRE 



Fig. 4. — Tenants' labor income in relation to yield of cotton per acre. 



The labor income goes up with the yield of cotton for all classes of 

 tenants, but the rise is least pronounced for share croppers and most 

 pronounced for cash renters. Thus the labor income of a share 



AVERAGE 

 RATE OF 

 INTEREST 



SHARE CROPPERS 



SHARE RENTERS 



CASH RENTERS 



AVERAGE 

 RATE OF 



INTEREST 



18% 



16% 



14% 



12% 



10% 



8% 



6% 



4% 



2% 















18% 

 16% 

 14% 



12% 

 10% 

 8% 

 6% 

 4% 

 2% 















































































YIELD OF 

 COTTON 



PER ACRE 



UNDER .6 TO .8 TO IBALE 

 .6 BALE .8 BALE IBALE & OVER 



UNDER .6 TO .8 TO IBALE 

 .6 BALE .8 BALE IBALE &OVER 



UNDER .6 TO .8 TO IBALE 

 .6BALE 8BALE IBALE aOVER 



YIELD OF 



COTTON 



PER ACRE 



F IG . 5.— Rate of interest on landlords' investment in relation to yield of cotton per acre. 



cropper was not quite twice as great where the yield was a bale or 

 more as where it was under 0.6 of a bale, while the labor income of 

 a share renter was nearly four times as great, and that of a cash 



