FARM OWNERSHIP AND TENANCY IN TEXAS. 
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It will be noted that there is no great difference in the average 
number of persons per room for all tenure classes. In all probabil- 
ity overcrowding is not the cause of much of the sickness found among 
these people, for the open construction of the houses would, in prac- 
tically all cases where crowded conditions exist, provide for plenty 
of fresh air. 
Table 29. 
■Value and size of dwelling, size of family, and family health, oy 
tenure classes. 
The dwelling and its condition. 
Size of family and family health. 
Tenure class. 
Aver- 
age 
value 
of 
house. 
Aver- 
age 
num- 
ber of 
rooms 
in 
dwell- 
ing. 
Number reporting con- 
dition of house as- 
Aver- 
age 
num- 
ber in 
family. 
Aver- 
age 
num- 
ber of 
per- 
sons 
per 
room. 
Num- 
Num- 1 ber re- 
ber re- port- 
Per 
cent 
Good. 
Me- 
dium. 
Poor. 
port- 
ing 
good 
health. 
ing 
poor 
health 
in 
family. 
report- 
ing 
poor 
health. 
Sharecropper 
Share tenant 
Owners additional. . 
Owner operators 
£532 
731 
1,335 
1,532 
3.9 
4.3 
5.0 
5.4 
16 
63 
8 
59 
13 
53 
3 
17 
36 
147 
15 
7 
5.0 
5.0 
4.9 
5.6 
1.4 
1.2 
1.0 
1.1 
43 
147 
20 
54 
17 
35 
6 
28 
28. J 
19.2 
23.1 
34.1 
It will be noted that the percentage of reported sickness is higher 
for croppers than it is for tenants or owners additional. Doubtless 
this is due in large part to the fact that croppers lack the fresh, home- 
grown foods that the other classes have. Also, it is very doubtful 
if croppers have as much knowledge of sanitation and dietetics as 
do the other tenure classes. The highest per cent of reported sick- 
ness is found among owners, which is probably clue to the much 
larger proportion among this class who are of advanced age. 
RELATIVE STANDARD OF LIVING OF DIFFERENT TENURE CLASSES AS REFLECTED 
IN COST OF FAMILY LIVING. 
The relative standards of living of the different tenure classes is 
probably better indicated by the total cost of family living than by 
any other available figure (see Table 30). The living cost of the 
average cropper family was 55 per cent, and of the average share- 
tenants family 71 per cent of the average cost of family living for 
owners. In making this comparison it is well to bear in mind that 
the average size of family for the different tenure classes was ap- 
proximately the same. 
The differences in standards as indicated by these data are not 
shown to the fullest extent ; for the quality of food, the difference in 
the knowledge and practice of selection, preparation, and use of 
articles of food make the variations in standards much wider than are 
here indicated, especially between croppers and the other two classes. 
Share tenants receive from the farm (in garden, dairy, poultry, 
and pork products) a value that is about To per cent as much as owners 
