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eral, where the tenant class has little or no working capital a tenant 
is unable to select a farm with reference to the ease of making a sat- 
-isfactory income. Under such conditions it is frequently found that 
the average size of tenant farms is considerably less than that of 
owned farms, and the percentage of tenancy frequently decreases as 
the size of the farm increases, especially if the prevailing type of 
farming is somewhat intensive. 
TYPES OF FARMING ON TENANT FARMS IN CHESTER COUNTY. 
Table XX XVI shows that in the main the types of farming found — 
on tenant farms in Chester County, Pa., are the same as on the farms 
operated by their owners, the principal differences being that on the | 
tenant farms a larger percentage of the receipts is obtained from the 
dairy business. 
TABLE XXXVI.—Comparison of types of farming on farms operated by tenants 
and those operated by owners, Chester County. 
Percentage ofre- | Percentage of acre- 
ceipts. age in crops. 
Owner. | Tenants. | Owners. | Tenants. 
Day Cattle and ether products sess see See ere 44,1 53:8. | oo eee eee 
Ain cas Sais we Soe aan oa Sse eels hick Soe e teh ect cneee eee 1.5 22 1 SN tone oon ieee 
Hees Pepe p hs Sta os Se SO eR ie the he See, et A eee 4 20) n2 2 eee See 
LE ROT OS SS as See SRO LES ee ae ee ea SER ey Ne Re ad 2.8 253 |s 32333 2a 
Sheepian dt woole sae ee Sf a a ee nee RE eens 25 Meh Ses eee 
POUL ERysAN CCL ES ee. to ee ae See wmstcins ae ee ee een 8.2 6.7 |po-32025435-e ee 
COTTA eee ee See na RE Ree eae ore eee 2.3 2.4 223 24.6 — 
Ota OeS aces Fas soe secs es Anse eens Se cee cee Oe ee 8.9 6.9 6 5.9 
BWA Ca bao s. Spc hae etare See se ies ee Sica Sones a eee 8.5 7.9 18.2 18.7 
OBS cre ee at eee ee Se oe Sera iek wia Se eee a ee a =2 (2) 6.4 5.63 
ay he oa ee eh Sa ee eee aia e Be erates cet Ohio eaten ceies Aeme eee 14.3 10.6 44 42.9 
ORT Gee sce oe ee cia a eee as ee eee Oee eee Ene BY | a) 2.5 1.953 
PRT LGKACT OPS 22 es oes aia ied eee ee note eres oe ee ene ee a ae .3 LS 
SSPOCIAL eS Bt es eee CR ae 2 Saree hy ce Sa ane rc Dent c.3 (2) 2s 
MiscellancouS2e e2st=n ore a. ie ee tone c een se eee ee 7.0 7.2 ee -3 
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 
a Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. b Sweet peas, 1 farm; tobacco, 1 farm. ¢ Tobacco farm. 
On account of the fact that the tenant farms are somewhat more 
heavily stocked, there is also a slightly larger percentage of acreage © 
in corn. These are the only conspicuous differences in type between 
the two classes of farms. 
LABOR INCOMES ON OWNER AND TENANT FARMS. 
The average net income of the landlords who own the 124 tenant 
farms here under consideration was, for the year 1911, 7.3 per cent — 
of their invested capital. In comparing the labor income of owners — 
and tenants in the same locality, the fairest comparison is made when — 
the interest on capital is estimated in both cases on the basis of the S 
interest received by landlords. Such a comparison is made in Table — 
XXXVITI between the 378 farms operated by their owners and the | 
124 tenant farms found in this survey. When capital is allowed an 
