FARM MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. 69 



securing a satisfactory living on them. This is clearly shown in 

 Table XXXIV. The percentage of the 13 to 40 acre farms operated 

 by tenants is only 16, while of the farms of 160 acres or more 41 per 

 cent are operated by tenants. The better class of tenants thus wisely 

 choose the largest available farms for which their working capital 

 is adequate. 



Table XXXIV. 



-Relation of the tenure to size of farm on 529 farms, Chester 

 County, Pa. 



Size of farms in acres. 



Total 

 number 

 of farms. 



Per cent 

 operated 



by 

 owners. 



Per cent 

 operated 



by 

 tenants. 



Per cent 



of special 



farms. 



13 to 40 



76 

 77 

 80 

 91 

 71 

 93 

 41 



71 



79 

 75 

 75 

 73 

 66 

 54 



16 

 18 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 32 

 41 



13 



41 to 60 



3 



61 to 80 



4 



81 to 100. 



4 



101 to 120 



6 



121 to 160. 



2 



Over 160 



5 







Total : 



529 



71 



24 



5 







This same table shows the percentage of farms of different sizes 

 operating hothouses. The largest percentage is found in the group 

 of smallest farms. In the remaining groups there is not much differ- 

 ence, an occasional farm in each group maintaining a hothouse 

 business. 



Table XXXV shows similar data for the entire State of Pennsyl- 

 vania, for Chester and Lancaster Counties, and for the entire State 

 of Oregon. In general, as the size of the farm increases the percent- 

 age of farms operated by tenants increases, within rather wide limits. 



Table XXXV. — Relation of tenure to size of farm (census data). 





Percentage tenants of all farmers. 



Size of group. 



Pennsylvania. 







The 



State. 



Chester 

 County. 



Lancaster 

 County. 



Oregon. 





23.3 



16.8 

 16.8 

 22.7 

 31.4 

 30.2 

 19.3 

 21.0 



27.6 

 16.9 

 21.5 

 27.2 

 38.6 

 44.2 

 ■ (») 



37.2 

 30.0 

 26.6 

 44.9 

 54.0 

 57.3 



12.7 



Under 20 acres : 



13.4 



20 to 49 acres 



50 to 99 acres 



13.3 

 12.7 





19.2 



175 to 499 acres 



23.7 



500 to 999 acres 



17.2 





15.1 











o Chester County, 500 to 999 acres, reports 12 farms and 1 tenant farm. 

 b Lancaster County, 500 to 999 acres, reports 2 farms and 1 tenant farm. 



There are sections of the country, however, in which the reverse is 

 true, but they are sections in which the tenants represent a dependent 

 class with little or no working capital, because of which fact they are 

 compelled to occupy practically the status of hired laborers. In gen- 



