UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1433 
Washington, D. C. 
September, 1926 
THE OWNERSHIP OF TENANT FARMS IN THE 
NORTH CENTRAL STATES 
By 
HOWARD A. TURNER, Assistant Agricultural Economist, Division of 
Land Economics and Land Utilization, Bureau of 
Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Need of specific information 1 
Methods and areas selected for study .... 2 
Concentration of ownership 4 
Residence of landlords and extent of absenteeism 16 
Women owners of rented farms . 26 
Ages of owners of rented farms 26 
Farm experience of landlords 29 
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Occupations of owners of rented farms 31 
How ownership was acquired 33 
Kinship of landlords and tenants ..'..... 35 
Supervision given by owners to tenants .... 36 
Tendency toward soil depletion on rented farms . 38 
Children of farm landlords 39 
Summary 39 
WASHINGTON 
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1926 
