OWNERSHIP OF TENANT FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES 
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land which they operated. It was found that 71 per cent of these 
rented tracts were owned by persons resident in the same county as 
the land and 87 per cent by persons resident either in adjoining 
counties or in the same county as the land. Of the tracts located in 
the North Central States, 68 per cent were owned by landlords resi- 
dent in the county and 85 per cent by landlords resident in the 
county or in adjoining counties. 
Comparison was made of the location of 5,121 manager-operated 
farms and the residence of the owners. It was found that 73 per 
cent of the manager farms were owned by persons resident within 
the county and 87 per cent by persons resident either in the county 
or in adjoining counties. 
PROPORTION OF RENTED FARMS WITHIN 3 MILES OF RESIDENCE OF OWNER 
A phase of the question of the relation of owner's residence to the 
location of rented farm land which the answers to questionnaires 
make it possible to discuss, is that of the relative number of tenant 
farms which are within 3 miles of the residence of the owner. The 
more tenants a landlord has the smaller the proportion of tenants 
within 3 miles of the landlord's residence. When all areas studied are 
averaged, however, the trend is not uniform, because most of the land- 
lords who owned 20 or more farms were landlords who owned in the 
Mississippi and Alabama areas ; in these areas a large percentage even 
of the tenants of landlords with many tenants were within 3 miles of 
the landlord's residence (Table 13). Of all tenants reported, 53 per 
cent were within 3 miles of the landlord's residence. For the com- 
bined north central areas the percentage was 42, for the combined 
southeastern areas the percentage was 70. The high percentage of 
tenants within 3 miles of the residence of the landlord in the southern 
areas is the result of a close association of southern landlords with 
their land, many of these landlords being farmers on a part of the land, 
the rest of which is rented to tenants, who work more or less closely 
under the direction of their landlords. 
Table 13. — Extent to which tenant farms were within 3 miles of owner's residence, 
selected areas, 1920 
Areas of study 
Tenant 
farms 
studied 
Percentage 
the owner 
of landlor 
of tenant farr 
's residence c 
as wit! 
assifie 
iin3 miles of 
d by number 
Counties 
d's tenants 
Location 
Total 
Group 1 
All 
ten- 
ants 
1 
ten- 
ant 
2 
ten- 
ants 
3or4 
ten- 
ants 
5-9 
ten- 
ants 
10-19 
ten- 
ants 
20 or 
more 
ten- 
ants 
Northeastern States 
No. 
31 
85 
34 
12 
13 
9 
No. 
1-4, 15, 16 
5-14 
17-24 
25-27 
28-30 
31 
No. 
5,129 
24, 367 
9,494 
9,060 
5,536 
843 
P.ct. 
62 
42 
70 
64 
46 
53 
P.ct. 
65 
48 
79 
73 
52 
52 
P.ct. 
64 
45 
82 
77 
55 
541 
P.ct. 
58 
41 
75 
73 
52 
39 
P.ct. 
55 
30 
69 
65 
44 
68 
P.ct. 
55 
35 
60 
59 
30 
60 
P.ct. 

North Central States. 
6 
48 
East South Central States 
West South Central States 
California 
62 
31 

184 
1-31 
2 54, 595 
53 
54 
54 
52 
50 
50 
55 
1 See footnote 4 on p. 3. 
2 Includes some scattered reports. 
