22 BULLETIN 659, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ACRICULTURE. 



Value of family Labor per cropper $179 



Cost of hired labor per cropper 7:5 



Interest on cash to operate per cropper 13 



Ginning cost per cropper . 84 



Total expenses per cropper 349 



Nel Income per cropper 553 



Estimated value of cropper's own labor 228 



Profit to cropper over value of his labor 325 



Table IX shows the distribution and summary of the cropper's 

 expenses and receipts. The difference between cropper's receipts and 

 expenses amounts to $553, which he receives for his labor. Deduct- 

 ing the average estimated value of the cropper's labor at current 

 wage rates his profit is $325. He receives this amount partly to 



Fig. 5. — Farm residence of a large land owner. 



cover risk on his share of the crop, and partly because he requires 

 less supervision than the hired laborer. 



In figure 4 is shown a farmstead typical of rented farms in Ellis 

 County. Figure 5 shows a representative owner's residence. 



CONVERTED TENURES. 



In order to have a sufficient number of farms in each of several 

 groups to determine the effect of various factors on farm practice, 

 efficiency, etc., it was necessary to eliminate the factor of tenure 

 after the foregoing tables had been compiled. This was accom- 

 plished by eliminating all transactions between landlord and tenant. 

 All farms not operated by their owners were converted to the basis 

 of working owners by charging the tenants with the value of the 



