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BULLETIN 1068, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
I 1 ig. 7. — Typical tenant homes. 
Above. — The operator is a " third and fourth share " tenant, beginning for himself in 
the black land 10 years ago: worked as a carpenter 3 years; has never moved since 
beginning to farm ; has accumulated from earnings an average of $83 per year. The laud 
on this farm is among the most fertile in the black land. Note that crops are grown to 
the very door 1 — a common situation on tenant farms in the black land. 
Below. — The operator, a share cropper, began for himself 24 years ago in Tennessee 
and farmed in that State 10 years as a cropper, moving 5 times; he has moved 8 times 
and has had 4 reverses in tenure during the 14 years he has been in the black land; he 
attained the share tenancy stage and remained in it for 1 year only. Eleven people, 
including a married son and wife, live in the house. The operator has lost an average 
of $4 per year since he began for himself L'4 years ago. 
