OWNERSHIP OF TEXAXT FARMS IX NORTH CENTRAL STATES 13 
Fable 10.- Farm landlords by number of rented acrei 
Central States, 1920 
held, selected areas, North 
Coun- 
ties 
studied 
Land- 
lords 
studied 
Percentage of landlords holding — 
State and section 
Less 
than 
100 
acres 
Less 
than 
200 
acres 
200 
acres 
or 
more 
1,000 
acres 
or 
more 
2,500 
acres 
or 
more 
All 
studied 
Number 
11 
11 
10 
8 
6 
7 
11 
11 
10 
Number 
9,638 
10, 230 
12,421 
6,476 
4,890 
6,162 
9,354 
5,892 
6,450 
Per cent 
53.8 
20.7 
20.7 
45.3 
34.2 
11.0 
20.8 
1.5 
9.7 
Per cent 
85.8 
65.2 
60.0 
87.2 
80.8 
53.7 
63.5 
17.5 
44.3 
Per cent 
14.2 
34.8 
40.0 
12.8 
19.2 
46.3 
36.5 
82.5 
55.7 
Per cent 
0.2 
.6 
1.5 
.1 
.1 
1.9 
.9 
5.6 
4.3 
Per cent 
0) 
0.1 
.2 


.2 
.7 
.6 
.2 
Per cent 
100 
100 
100 
100 
Wisconsin, southern . . 
100 
Iowa, northwestern 
Iowa, central . _ 
100 
100 
North Dakota and South Dakota, 
100 
Kansas, central 
100 
All areas studied - 
85 
2 71,365 
25.0 
63.2 
36.8 
1.4 
100 
1 Less than 0.05 per cent. 
2 Some landlords owned in more than 1 area. 
The comparative groups of holdings classified by value have also 
been largely affected by the great change in the price of land from 
1900 to 1920. For instance, farm land and buildings in Illinois 
increased in value at a rate such as to make the average holdings of 
rented farm real estate in Illinois increase from $9,142 in 1900 to 
$31,854 in 1920. These are State averages and landlords of the 
northern and central counties would own holdings of somewhat 
greater value, because farms in such counties are worth considerably 
more on the average than they are in the State as a whole. The 
holdings of rented farms in the hands of landlords owning in an area 
consisting of 11 northern Illinois counties averaged $44,518 in value 
in 1920, and the comparable figure for landlords owning in an area 
consisting of 10 central Illinois counties was $67,685. Table 11 
affords information of a like nature for other States. 
Table 11. — Average value of holdings of rented farms, North Central States, 1900 
and 1920 
Areas in which 1920 holdings 
were studied 
Ratio of 
value per 
acre of 
farm land 
with 
Average value of holdings of 
rented farms or parcels of farms 
State 
Location 
Counties 
1900 holdings 2 
1920 hold- 
ings 3 
in 1920 to 
same in 
1900 i 
1900 
value 
1920 
value i 
Ohio 
Western 
Number 
11 
11 
10 
8 
6 
7 
11 
10 
1 
10 
Per cent 
267 
348 
348 
228 
286 
524 
524 
321 
619 
403 
Dollars 
4,617 
9,142 
9,142 
3,718 
5,957 
7,512 
7,512 
6.424 
4,970 
3,673 
Dollars 
12,350 
31,854 
31,854 
8,461 
17, 037 
39,386 
39 386 
Dollars 
17, 978 
Illinois 
44 518 
Do 
Central 
67,685 
Michigan 
Southern 
11,091 
Wisconsin- ... . . 
do.. 
2"0, 409 
68,779 
Iowa 
Do 
Central 
51.664 
North Dakota . . 
Eastern 
20, 642 \\ 33 152 
30. 74S 1 ,id > 10 - 
South Dakota 
Kansas. 
Central 
14.812 1 24.538 
""40,554 
12 North Central States* 
349 
5,533 
19, 306 
All areas studied. .. 
85 

. .. 
1 State averages computed from United States census data. 
2 Holdings of farm landlords resident in the named States and concerning rented farms anywhere in 
the United States. 
3 Holdings of farm landlords of the 85 counties studied and concerning rented farms in the 85 counties 
and not elsewhere. 
4 Assuming the same rate of increase in value as occurred in the State in which the landlord resided, using 
the change in the per acre value of farm land with buildings between 1900 and 1920. 
