FARM MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. 69 
securing a satisfactory living on them. This is clearly shown in 
Table XXXIV. The percentage of the 13 to 40 acre farms operated 
by tenants is only 16, while of the farms of 160 acres or more 41 per 
cent are operated by tenants. The better class of tenants thus wisely 
choose the largest available farms for which their working capital 
is adequate. 
TABLE XX XIV.—Relation of the tenure to size of farm on 529 farms, Chester 
; County, Pa. 
Per cent | Per cent 
Total Per cent 
Size of farms in acres. number Eee pee eie of special 
offarms.| owners. | tenants. | !r™s- 
Sn OE) PER ee ee ee yan Ube cies he ea Sas ne 76 71 16 13 
AN 1 COs ced c SORE ASRS OE SOIC Hee iS etree re eect Ut 79 18 3 
Bl! WO QO... 6. cones Wee Be oa eee Glee oe etS sen es ee ee 80 75 21 4 
1 10 100. oe eS BEES eee ee eee ee ener 91 75 21 4 
TCT HO) AOS ei EES Cs a a a ar ee 71 73 21 6 
LPT tO LO a5 6s SESS ee Ee ee ee ee 93 66 32 2 
(ONG NGO 555 S58 Gee ee ee one ea ee Setar SARE W ae Asp PaaS ees Me 41 54 4] 5 
TINGE 5 sce Ms NE LA ao ara eres reson Peet os Pe ea a eee eat 529 71 24 5 
This same table shows the percentage of farms of different sizes 
operating hothouses. The largest percentage is found in the group 
of smallest farms. In the remaining groups there is not much differ- 
ence, an occasional farm in each group maintaining a_ hothouse 
business. 
Table XX XV shows similar data for the entire State of Pennsyl- 
vania, for Chester and Lancaster Counties, and for the entire State 
of Oregon. In general, as the size of the farm increases the percent- 
age of farms operated by tenants increases, within rather wide limits. 
TABLE XXXV.—Relation of tenure to size of farm (census data). 
Percentage tenants of all farmers. 
Size of group. Pennsylvania. 
Oregon. 
The Chester |Lancaster 
State. | County. | County. 
ANN STE 55 5's SI eee ere ine Nn eet ane nyt na) 23.3 27.6 37.2 P47 
BUNCE WRACKE SE eene nee ee ee ee ee EOE ee 16.8 16.9 30.0 13.4 
PEMEORAOFACTCS Meee ee teat tens een Sn yea OE MRO Sa elon Ces amie 16.8 21.5 26.6 aya 
SED OD QOS As GE ae Se Oe ae ee AN ene eae a DOT ilar, 44.9 127 
HOM OMN ACT CG iea nee ee te Ue eR NES ee eh Pe eee 31.4 38.6 54.0 19.2 
LBD LOD SS eee ee ee ee 3052 44,2 57.3 23.7 
BuO TOON acres 2.2. 2 eee Pe eae mt CN ts Mae Se a 19.3 (a) (6) Wee, 
HetniOReresamdhOVeCha cs. se occ n ee te eee et ee DAS Oa hs Bacco ee 15. 1 
a Chester County, 500 to 999 acres, reports 12 farms and 1 tenant farm. 
b Lancaster County, 500 to 999 acres, reports 2 farms and 1 tenant farm. 
There are sections of the country, however, in which the reverse is 
true, but they are sections in which the tenants represent a dependent 
class with little or no working capital, because of which fact they are 
compelled to occupy practically the status of hired laborers. In gen- 
