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BULLETIN 1433, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 20. — Percentage of oivners of rented farms with land in more than one county 
or State, North Central States, 1920 
Tenants on 
land 
Land- 
lords 
report- 
ing 
Percentage of ownership classified by i 
Number of States in which 
land is owned 
1 
State 
3 
States 
4-5 
Number of counties in which land is owned 
1 
county 
2 
coun- 
3 
coun- 
ties 
4 
coun- 
ties 
5 
coun- 
6 or 
more 
coun- 
ties 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 or more 
1 or more 
Number 
8,505 
1,937 
664 
275 
340 
Per cent 
99 
94 
90 
84 
73 
Per cent 
1 
5 
Per cent 
( 2 ) 
1 
2 
3 
Per cent 




Per cent 
97 
94 
65 
50 
36 
Per cent 
Per cent 
( 2 ) 
1 
8 
13 
22 
Per cent 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
2 
6 
12 
Per cent 
8 
( 2 ) 
2 
Per cent 

( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 

3 
11, 721 
('-) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
1 The replies tabulated refer to : 
2 Less than 0.5 per cent. 
land owned whether or not it was rented. 
WOMEN OWNERS OF RENTED FARMS 
Replies of 14,222 owners of rented farms in the North Central 
States in matters relating to ownership in 1920 indicated that 16.1 
per cent of the owners were women. About a fifth of the Ohio and 
Michigan owners were women, whereas only 8 per cent of the owners 
of the Dakota farms were women. (Table 21.) Men owned an aver- 
age of 374.6 acres and women 232 acres. 9 
Table 21. — Women owners of rented farms, North Central States, 1920 
Location 
Owners reporting 
sex 
State 
Counties 
Total 
Women 
Ohio 
Number 
1,513 
4,992 
1,110 
779 
3,018 
1,122 
1,688 
Per cent 
19.8 
17.7 
20.2 
16.6 
11.6 
North Dakota and South Dakota.- . 1 
8.0 
Kansas... _ _. 
10 central 
16.3 
85 
All areas studied . 
14, 222 
16.1 
AGES OF OWNERS OF RENTED FARMS 
The average age of 13,975 owners of rented farms was 59.5 years. 
Only 6 per cent were under 40 and 22 per cent were 70 years of age 
or over. As between landlords owning rented farms in the different 
States studied there is not much difference in average age (Table 22). 
The percentage of landlords who were 50 years of age or more was 
78.5 for the Ohio area, 81.6 for the Illinois, 78.6 for the Michigan, 
82.2 for the Wisconsin, 78.4 for the Iowa, 72.6 for the Dakotas, and 
78.1 for the Kansas area. 
9 Further comparison of men and women owners of rented farms is made in connection with the sections 
of this bulletin which discuss the topics, age, occupation, and method of acquisition. 
