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BULLETIN 341, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



eral, where the tenant class has little or no working capital a tenant 

 is unable to select a farm with reference to the ease of making a sat- 

 isfactory income. Under such conditions it is frequently found that 

 the average size of tenant farms is considerably less than that of 

 owned farms, and the percentage of tenancy frequently decreases as 

 the size of the farm increases, especially if the prevailing type of 

 farming is somewhat intensive. 



TYPES OF FARMING ON TENANT FARMS IN CHESTER COUNTY. 



Table XXXVI shows that in the main the types of farming found 

 on tenant farms in Chester County, Pa., are the same as on the farms 

 operated by their owners, the principal differences being that on the 

 tenant farms a larger percentage of the receipts is obtained from the 

 dairy business. 



Table XXXVI. — Comparison of types of farming on farms operated by tenants 

 and those operated by owners, Chester County. 



Percentage of re- 

 ceipts. 



Owner. Tenants. 



Percentage of acre- 

 age in crops. 



Owners. Tenants 



Dairy cattle and their products 



Beef 



Horses 



Hogs 



Sheep and wool 



Poultry and eggs 



Com 



Potatoes 



Wheat 



Oats 



Hay 



Fruit 



Truck crops 



Special 



Miscellaneous 



14. 



53.8 



.2 



.9 



2. 3 



.1 



6.7 



2.4 



6.9 



7.9 



(a) 



10.6 



.5 



.2 



c.3 



7.2 



22.3 

 6 



18.2 



6.4 



44 



2.5 



.3 



(a) 



.3 



24.6 

 5.9 



18.7 

 5.6 



42.9 



1.9 



.1 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



a Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. & Sweet peas, 1 farm; tobacco, 1 farm. c Tobacco farm. 



On account of the fact that the tenant farms are somewhat more 

 heavily stocked, there is also a slightly larger percentage of acreage 

 in corn. These are the only conspicuous differences in type between 

 the two classes of farms. 



LABOR INCOMES ON OWNER AND TENANT FARMS. 



The average net income of the landlords who own the 124 tenant 

 farms here under consideration was, for the year 1911, 7.3 per cent 

 of their invested capital. In comparing the labor income of owners 

 and tenants in the same locality, the fairest comparison is made when 

 the interest on capital is estimated in both cases on the basis of the 

 interest received by landlords. Such a comparison is made in Table 

 XXXVII between the 378 farms operated by their owners and the 

 124 tenant farms found in this survey. When capital is allowed an 



