APPENDIX C 
Table 1. — Acreage of plantation land worked by wage labor, and by croppers and 
tenants, compared with the acreage of other farms in the plantation region similarly 
operated, 1909 
[Compiled from original plantation census matter] 
Part 1 
. Plantations (Continuous Tracts) 
Acreage 
Per cent of all 
land operated 
by- 
Per cent of im- 
proved land 
operated by- 
Per cent of 
land improved 
in— 
Section 
All land 
Improved 
Wage 
labor 
Croppers 
and 
tenants 
Wage 
labor 
Croppers 
and 
tenants 
Wage 
farms 
Cropper 
and 
tenant 
farms 
Texas - ._. . 
1, 821, 526 
1,886,468 
3, 730, 900 
947, 813 
331, 668 
3, 654, 652 
3, 447, 626 
2, 450, 053 
803, 231 
975, 961 
923, 892 
2,004,617 
513, 608 
184, 472 
1, 790, 892 
1, 713, 489 
1, 056, 908 
336, 448 
52.5 
73.3 
56. 1 
56.6 
54.6 
58.9 
51.9 
60.2 
60.4 
47.5 
20.7 
43.9 
43.4 
45.4 
41.1 
48. 1 
39.8 
39.6 
22.9 
47.4 
29.0 
22.8 
31.6 
27.9 
23.0 
27.9 
29.6 
77. 1 
52.6 
71.0 
77.2 
68.4 
72.1 
77.0 
72.1 
70.4 
23.4 
31.7 
27.8 
21.8 
32.2 
23.2 
22. 1 
20.0 
20.5 
86 9 
Louisiana- 
96.4 
86 9 
96 6 
Tennessee 
83.8 
86 
79 5 
South C arolina 
North Carolina 
78.2 
74.5 
Total 
19, 073, 937 
9, 500, 287 
57.9 
42.1 
28. 5 1 715 
24 5 1 »i 7 
Part II. Other Farms (Large Holdings of Scattered Tracts) 
1, 150, 541 
355, 372 
1, 550, 255 
698,611 
358, 794 
1, 724, 395 
1,771,519 
1, 008, 932 
357, 869 
776, 563 
266, 707 
1,192, 217 
540, 441 
265, 034 
1, 238, 087 
1,141,913 
595, 957 
194, 382 
21.4 
32.9 
19.9 
19.6 
17.7 
16. 7 
17.6 
24.0 
23.2 
78.6 
67.1 
80.1 
80.4 
82.3 
83.3 
82.4 
76.0 
76.8 
10.2 
21.4 
10.0 
8.3 
11.4 
8.5 
9.7 
13.1 
13.0 
89.8 
78.6 
90.0 
91.7 
88.6 
91.5 
90.3 
86.9 
87.0 
32.1 
48.8 
38.9 
32.6 
47.5 
36.4 
35.3 
32.2 
30.5 
77 1 
87 9 
86 4 
88 3 
79 5 
78 9 
70 7 
South Carolina 
North Carolina 
67.6 
61.5 
Total 
8, 976, 288 
6, 211, 301 
20.0 
80.0 
10.4 
89.6 
• 36. 1 
77. 5 
Table 2. — Percentage of cropper and tenant labor in 98 selected plantation coun- 
ties, 1920; measured by improved acres operated by croppers and tenants, and 
by the numbers of croppers and tenants 
[ Compiled from census result sheets] * 
Plantation area 
Improved 
acres 
worked by 
croppers 
and 
tenants 2 
Per cent of total 
improved land 
worked by- 
Numbers 
of 
tenants 
and 
croppers 2 
Per cent of all 
farmers repre- 
sented by- 
Croppers 
Tenants 
Croppers 
Tenants 
Texas- Arkansas 
Louisiana (cotton) . 
802, 874 
228, 951 
1,387,218 
597, 170 
216, 766 
993, 272 
496, 196 
16, 527 
1, 272, 532 
828, 506 
416, 251 
562, 326 
14.6 
22.2 
39.0 
21.4 
11. 7 
13.4 
10.9 
10. 1 
30. 1 
16.8 
11. 1 
4.8 
32.6 
43.6 
39.3 
44.8 
60.0 
39. 5 
39.0 
16.4 
35.5 
44.5 
32.4 
33.2 
19, 594 
8,654 
63, 929 
21,278 
3,443 
32, 530 
15,265 
515 
31.46 5 
29, 879 
11,896 
6,698 
21.2 
32. 2 
54.8 
35. 
20.6 
23.8 
16. 5 
14.9 
39.8 
22.9 
18.9 
10.5 
34.7 
47.3 
36. 7 
42. 7 
55.3 
Alabama-Mississippi Black Belt 
50.5 
41.4 
Florida (1 county) 
17.9 
36.8 
45.7 
39.3 
Rice (Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas).. 
34.1 
Total . 
7, 818, 589 
19.0 
38.1 
245, 146 
31.4 
40.8 
1 The data in this table include only those classed in the census as "specified." 
3 The totals of "improved acres" ami " numbers of croppers and tenants" in this table represent the 
total of acreage worked by croppers and tenants, and the total number of cropper and tenant farmers, but 
not the grand totals of the acreage and farmers within the area specified. 
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