ANALYSIS OF TOBACCO GROWERS ASSOCIATION 



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TENANCY 



On the basis of the 1925 census of agriculture, Figure 11 shows the 

 percentage of tenancy by counties in the three States of Virginia, 

 North Carolina, and South Carolina. The percentage of tenancy is 

 greater in North Carolina than in Virginia, and greater in South 

 Carolina than in North Carolina. The districts of high tenancy are 

 districts in which a larger proportion of the farmers are colored (fig. 

 12) and districts which depend largely upon one or more cash crops. 



PER CENT 

 ~^]unaer 10 |^40 to 50 



irnTj/o to zc 



IffliZO to 30 

 30 to tfO 



80 and over 



Figure 11— The Percentages of Tenancy by Counties in Virginia, North 

 Carolina, and South Carolina, 1925 



The percentage of tenancy tends to be highest in the counties where tobacco and cotton 



are the chief crops. 



The percentage of tenancy is high in those counties in which tobacco 

 or cotton is grown. For the States as a whole the percentages are as 

 follows: Virginia, 25.2 per cent; North Carolina, 45.2 per cent; 

 South Carolina, 65.1 per cent. In some counties in which both cotton 

 and tobacco are grown the percentage of tenancy exceeds 80 per cent. 

 Not only are the percentages of tenancy high but the average per- 

 centage of tenants who are croppers ranges from 32 per cent in Vir- 

 ginia to 41.2 per cent in South Carolina. In the important tobacco 

 and cotton producing counties these percentages are even higher than 

 for the entire States. 



The situation is further aggravated by the presence of the race 

 complication. Figure 12 shows graphically the percentages of farm- 



