12 BULLETIN 337, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
compared with one in 33 share renters and one in 12 cash renters. 
The risk in share cropping is the smallest, but so is the possible reward, 
while in cash renting both the risks and possible rewards are much 
higher. When all the cases are averaged, however, it appears that 
cash renters make one-half again as much as share croppers, while 
share renters make about one-fifth more than share croppers. 
TaBLe VII, 
Percentage having a labor income of not || Percentage having a labor income ofnot 
less t each specifi m : | i : 
Amount s than each specified amount |" Amount less than each specified amount 
sent Seats. ye Tene pT Te pe ag eel 
ancome- {| All | Share | Share | Cash || ™°OM®- |. an | Share*| Share | Cash 
tenants. |croppers.| renters. | renters. tenants. | croppers. | renters. | renters. 
USS - 98. 0 98. 8 7-3 95. 6 $600... - 15.0 5.1 19.2 28. 2 
$100..... 94.0 97.1 92. 0 90. 2 (OOEo =: 10. 6 2.4 12.3 21.8 
ZOO Ess 82. 0 84. 3 77.3 80. 8 800...- 6.7 1.0 7. 4 15.1 
300....- 59. 9 56. 6 61.9 63. 9 900... - 4.5 0.5 3.7 1nd 
4002 2.5 \- 36. 1 24. 6 43.5 50. 1 |] 1,000.-.-. 3.5 0.5 3.0 8.4 
500... - 22.1 10.1 26. 4 37.0 
LANDLORDS’ PROFITS IN RELATION TO TENANTS’ LABOR INCOME. 
Table VIII shows the rate of interest received by landlords on their 
investment in farms whose tenants made each specified labor income. 
The accompanying chart (fig. 3) shows the relationship graphically. 
Tasie VIII. 
Labor income. 
Class of tenants. | $1.000 
All |neges, | Under | $100 to | $300 to | $500 to | $700 to | 745 
tenants.) ~ “| $100. $299. $499, $699. $999. Buee 
Number of tenants in each labor income group. 
INTE PENT kes Be a dO 878 18 35| 299, 332 101 62 31 
Siiare Coppers. 22 fae eee es 445 1 $2) 1.52480 204 38 8 2 
share Tenters.2<) Sens ee Gee ee See 136 = 7 | 41 48 18 14 4 
Cashirenterss ese) come mee erences 297 13 16 | 78 80 45 40 25 
Average rate of interest on landlord’s investment on holdings of 
tenants in each labor income group. 
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AULT CNANTSE ee eee cee ae ate ere 10.6 7.0 5.5 | 8.2 iPAY/ 13. 2 9.6 10. 2 
Sharecreppers = 2o.6 peas Lee ae ke 13.6 iA 3.1 8.7 15.5 19.8 18. 2 25. 7 
HHAre TENterss- see ee ae ee eee 11.8 fia 8.0 9.2 12. 4 13.3 14.8 16.6 
Washi TERLETS sss sec cae eee | 6.6 8.0 ad 6.8 6.7 €.4 6.0 dak 
| 
The landlord made only 1.1 per cent on his investment in the case 
of the share cropper who lost money and only 3.1 per cent where 
the tenant made under $100, but the rate increased rapidly with the 
tenants’ labor income, and in the cases where the tenant made as 
much as $1,000 he gave the landlord a return of over 25 per cent 
