16 BULLETIN 337, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The rate of interest on the landlord’s investment varies but little 
with the acreage in cotton, but there seems to be a tendency for the 
rate to be slightly higher on the larger holdings of share croppers and 
share renters and on the smaller holdings of cash renters. 
A study of the relationship between size of holdings and yield of 
cotton per acre seems to indicate, as is shown in Table XIII, that the 
yields vary but little and rather irregularly in holdings of different 
sizes, with a tendency for somewhat larger yields on smaller holdings. 
TABLE XELE. 
Average yield of cotton per acre for tenants whose 
cotton acreage falls within each size group. 
Class of tenants. 
All Under 15} 15 to 19 | 20 to 24 | 25 acres 
classes. acres. acres. acres. |and over. 
UTE EQTI IIE sree CURE oN a SEONG Se ee a ee ae 0. 66 0.73 0. 64 0.65 0.65 
DHALC CLEPPOlS sea. cee. | see ch ee eee 69 275 65 . 69 65 
Share renters ...---..----------------+---+---+-+------- 69 275 63 “70 "69 
CASH-PENLCES q sc7s ee elem ice Se sc eo aawantns eee 61 . 64 -61 LOT .63 
‘Table XIV shows the relation between yield of cotton per acre, 
tenant’s labor income, and landlord’s profits. 
The two accompanying charts (figs. 4 and 5) show this relationship 
graphically. 
TABLE XIV. 
Tenants having each specified yield of 
cotton per acre (in bales). 
Class of tenants. 
Under | 0.6 to | 0.8to | land 
Potal: 0.6, 0.8, 1 over 
All tenants: 
Numiber:hayingeach yleldo..: ..\. 2.23225... : 4 eee. - 878 235 291 173 179 
Per cent having each Viel soe oo. es Cee eer 100. 0 26.8 33.1 19.7 20.4 
EMVCEACO LADODINCOMCSS ©. Bs cca cmc. oe See aceasta $392 $246 $435 $504 $624 
‘Average rate of interest on landlord’s investment (per cent). 10.6 7.0 10.3 15.8 16.4 
Share croppers: 
Num bemhavin sjeachsytel de xen eser 2 = ae ene eens 445 161 167 79 38 
Per cent having each yields. oso ak yet: 2 ee een 100.0 36.2 37.5 17.8 8.5 
Atverage labor INCOME 2s) o 8 eke nee nece = eee se eee $333 $235 $321 $426 $458 
Average rate of interest on landlord’s investment (per cent) | 13.6 Teh 13.4 19.6 19.9 
Share renters: 
Number having each yield... 22-2... 25s eS 136 26 39 28 43 
Per cent having reteXh oli ya (2) (o Peed 2 gad a eel ale i oc 100. 0 19.1 28.7 20.6 31.6 
Average laborimcome 3. 222 2ica2: <2 sase sect see eee $398 $194 $437 $526 $753 
Average rate of interest on landlord’s investment (per cent). fee EIS 8.3 12.6 13.4 14.5 
Cash renters: | 
Number having each yields. 42.2. Sse 2 ee Ree =| 20% 48 85 66 98 
Per cent having eachtyieldsoyescs See aaeh et te Senet 100.0 16.2 28.6 22.2 33.0 
Average labor income.......-._.-..- ea See 3 SS man baie i $272 $577 791 | $1,256 
Average rate of interest on landlord’s investment (per cent). 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.0 1 
The yield of cotton per acre is the determining factor in the profits 
of farming in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. Where the yield was as 
much as a bale of cotton per acre the tenant made $624 for his labor 
