UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 1068 
Contribution from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics 
G. W. FORSTER, Acting Chief 
Washington, D. C. ▼ May 12, 1922 
FARM OWNERSHIP AND TENANCY 
IN THE BLACK PRAIRIE OF TEXAS 
By 
J. T. SANDERS 
Assistant Agricultural Economist 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Purpose and Extent of Investigation .1 
The Development of Tenure Problems in the Black Land 4 
Economic Aspects of the Forms of Tenure 15 
Agricultural History of Farm Operators 31 
Domestic, Social, and Educational Conditions in Relation to Tenure. . . 60 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1922 
