OWNERSHIP OF TENANT FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES 
29 
per cent were rented for cash as compared with 46.5 per cent of the 
rented farms owned by residents out of State. 
Only 20 per cent of the rented Kentucky farms which were owned 
by residents of the county were rented for cash, whereas 43 per cent 
of the rented farms held by out-of-State residents were so rented. 
In Iowa, a State in which the cash-rent method of leasing farms is 
very general, 54 per cent of the rented farms held by residents of the 
county were rented for cash and 62 per cent of the rented farms held 
by residents out of the State. In North Dakota and in Texas share 
renting is much more prevalent than it is in Iowa. In North Dakota 
13 per cent of the rented farms owned by residents of the same 
county were rented for cash, whereas 16 per cent of the rented farms 
owned by out-of-the State residents were rented for cash. In Texas 
13 per cent of the rented farms owned by residents of the same county 
were rented for cash, whereas 29 per cent of the rented farms owned 
by residents out of the State were rented for cash. 
Proportion of tenant Farms rented for cash 
OWNED BY 
Resident and absentee Landlords, 1900 
Fig. 12.— The bars show for the different States the proportion of rented farms owned by two classes of 
owners rented for cash, owners resident in the county and owners resident out of State 
AGES OF OWNERS OF RENTED FARMS 
PRESENT AGES 
Of the owners of rented farms who answered the questionnaire 
sent to them, 23,916 gave their ages. The average age was 57.8 
years. The men who replied averaged 57.3 years of age as com- 
pared with 60.5 years for the women who replied. 
Grouping the owners of rented farms into five-year groups by 
age, beginning with the age of 25, it was found that the age groups 
55-59 and 60-64 were the largest groups and nearly of equal size. 
Less than 10 per cent of the owners were under 40 years of age and 
those whose age was 60 years or over constituted 47 per cent of the 
total number. (Table 16.) 
The men owners of rented farms who reported from the northern 
areas averaged 59.5 years of age, the women owners 61.5 years of age. 
The men owners of rented farms who reported from the southern 
areas averaged 53.7 years of age, the women owners 57.7 years. 
