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BULLETIN 1432, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
were owned by persons resident in the same county and 94.7 per cent 
by persons resident in the same State. 
In 1920 owners who were resident in the same or in adjoining 
counties held 92.5 per cent of the properties studied and only 2.1 
per cent were held by persons not resident in the State or in adjoin- 
ing States. Figure 8 gives information of a like character regarding 
the farms studied in the different parts of the country. 
Measured by the percentage of rented farms owned by landlords 
resident out of the county absenteeism was more pronounced both in 
1900 and in 1920 in the Northern and Western States than in the 
Southern States, and it was more pronounced in the western of the 
North Central States than in the eastern group. A rather large pro- 
portion of the rented farms in the Dakotas, southwestern Oklahoma, 
LOCATION OF RENTED FARMS IN RELATION TO RESIDENCE OF THE OWNERS, 1920 
AREAS OF STUDY 
STATES CC 
NORTHEASTERN 
N.Y., N.J., PA. 
EAST NORTH CENTRAL 
OHIO, ILL..MICH., WIS. -- 
WEST NORTH CENTRAL 
N.DAK ., S.DAK., IOWA, KANS. 
CHESAPEAKE-DEL. PEN. 
DEL..MD..VA. 
SOUTHEASTERN 
VA..N.C..S.CKY. 
SOUTH CENTRAL 
ALA.. LA.. MISS. 
PER CENT OF RENTED FARMS 
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 
90 100 
SOUTHWEST CENTRAL 
OKLA..TEX. 
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CALIFORNIA 
ALL AREAS COMBINED 
164 COUNTIES IN 24 STATES 
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Fig. 8.— In general, less absenteeism is shown with respect to the ownership of southern than of northern 
farms and less of eastern than of western farms, The study covered 256,072 rented farms in 24 States 
and Kansas areas were owned by absentee owners in 1920, but 
such owners had a small proportion of the rented farms in the Penn- 
sylvania, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 
Kentucky, and Louisiana areas. 
In 1900, 41 per cent of the rented farms of South Dakota were 
owned by persons not resident in the county, whereas only 15.5 
per cent of the rented farms of Kentucky were held by such owners. 
South Dakota led also in absenteeism in 1900 measured by the 
percentage of rented farms owned by out-of -State residents, such 
landlords owning at the time 24.1 per cent of the rented farms. By 
contrast it may be noted that only 1.9 per cent ol the rented farms of 
Texas were owned by persons resident out of the State at the time. 
Relatively few of the rented farms of the Southern States and of 
