58 BULLETIN 1068, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The enrollment of tenants' children, both sons and daughters, 
shows a decidedly low stage during October, November, and De- 
cember. This period is cotton-picking time, and tenants' children, 
as will be seen from a comparison of the data, stay out of school for 
cotton picking to a greater extent than do the children of owners. 
This low enrollment of tenants' children during cotton picking is 
due to the fact that tenants, as a rule, feel that they can not afford 
to hire their cotton picked, and to the fact that the landlords expect, 
and sometimes demand, that renters' children be put into the cotton 
fields in order to rush picking as much as possible. 
Aside from the cotton-picking season, it will be noted that the 
enrollment of tenants' children is considerably less than the en- 
rollment of owners' children during each of the other school months. 
This is in large measure the result of the fact that children of ten- 
ants who move into the school district are not enrolled in the first 
part of the school term, while those moving out are not enrolled 
during the latter part of the term. The situation of tenants' chil- 
dren in this regard is, therefore, not so bad as the percentages indi- 
cate. Nevertheless, the change of schools, teachers, and classmates 
in the middle of the year is bound to retard the educational ad- 
vance of these children. 
The daily attendance of the pupils enrolled during each month is 
much higher in the case of the children of owners than it is in the 
case of tenants' children. The record is lowest for all four classes 
of children during cotton-picking time, but is lower for tenants' 
children than for owners' children during this period. 
During each month from November to March, from 14 to 20 per 
cent of all tenants' children who are in school during the year either 
enter school or drop out (Part III of Table 33). 
The changes in membership of the classes in the schoolroom from 
month to month are much greater than the figures indicate, for these 
figures are based on the total enrollment for the year instead of 
the enrollment for the month. The change in the make-up of the 
enrollment of tenants' children is from two to three times as great 
for practically all months as it is for owners' children. 
As a result of this shifting and fluctuating school enrollment and 
irregular attendance on the part of tenants' children, the showing 
which these children make in grade attainments and in promotions 
is poorer than the showing made by owners' children. 
Referring to Table 34, showing percentages of promotions, it will 
be seen that there was a much smaller per cent of promotions 
among tenants' children than among owners' children. Of all 
