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lators on the basis of the average annual accumulation of wealth 
from earnings. 40 
Data presented in Table 24 indicate the reliability of the above 
classification of accumulators. It will be noted that the present net 
worth of the different classes of accumulators increases without ex- 
ception in passing from the poorest to the best in all three tenure 
classes, increasing from an average net worth of $187 for the poorest 
cropper accumulators to $46,903 for the best owner accumulators. 
Furthermore, the 1919 net family accumulation increases from the 
poorest to the best without exception, in each of the- tenure classes. 
The best accumulators from earnings also accumulated most from 
increases in land values, as would be expected. 
Table 24. — Average present net worth, its sources, and the average family 
accumulation of wealth during 1919, for the different classes of accumu- 
lators. 
Croppers. 
Tenants. 
Owners. 
Items of correlation. 
Poorest. 
Me- 
dium. 
Best. 
Poorest. 
Me- 
dium. 
Best. 
Poorest. 
Me- 
dium. 
Best. 
21 
$187 
143 
21 
-11 
19 
$731 
72 
106 
169 
22 
$1,697 
107 
18 
231 
65 
$2, 001 
480 
369 
51 
62 
$3, 305 
137 
355 
199 
64 
$6, 685 
563 
862 
618 
39 
$16, 063 
1,984 
8,661 
-178 
31 
$21,498 
1,666 
10, 156 
862 
3* 
Present net worth of opera- 
$46, 903 
Average amount received 
from fortuitous sources 1 ... 
Average received from in- 
creases in land values 1 
Average familv accumula- 
tion of wealth for 1919 2 ... 
1,599 
20,869- 
977 
Averaged on all operators in class whether wealth was thus received or not. 
See item 10, Table 15. 
RELATION BETWEEN SIZE AND VALUE OF FARM OPERATED AND ACCUMULATION OF 
WEALTH FROM EARNINGS. 
It is quite definitely shown in Table 25 that the best accumulators 
in each tenure class are now on farms which have the largest value in 
land and buildings, the largest value in equipment, the greatest acre- 
age, and largest number of work stock. MoreoA r er, it will be seen 
that the best accumulators had generally operated the largest farms 
when they were in other tenure stages. On the other hand, the oppo- 
site condition is shown by data on the operators who were the poorest 
accumulators. 
This close relation between the best accumulators and the largest 
and most valuable farms is not only the result of demonstrated effi- 
40 In making this division of operators it was recognized that accumulation of wealth 
is influenced by the age of the operator ; also by the period of time in which the accumu- 
lation was being made. Consequently operators were first grouped by periods of time 
when they began for themselves and were then regrouped by age groups so as to eliminate 
as nearly as possible these two influences before the operators were divided into the above 
three classes of accumulators. After selecting the three classes of accumulators in the 
final groups, based on age of the operators, the best accumulators in each tenure class 
were brought together, as were the other two classes of accumulators. 
