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BULLETIN 1432, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 5. — Farm landlords grouped by number of rented farms held, 
1920 
Counties 
studied 
Land- 
lords 
studied 
Percentage of landlords holding— 
State and location 
Total 
Group 1 
1 
farm 
2 
farms 
3 or 
more 
farms 
5 or 
more 
farms 
10 or 
more 
farms 
20 or 
more 
farni6 
New York, western... . ... 
No. 
5 
9 
No. 
1 
2,3 
4 
Number 
3,399 
2,752 
12, 146 
Per 
cent 
94.5 
92.8 
87.8 
Per 
cent 
4.6 
5.9 
9.4 
Per 
cent 
0.9 
1.3 
2.8 
Per 
cent 
0.2 
.1 
.5 
Per 
cent 
0.1 


Per 
cent 
0. 1 
New York and New Jersey, scattered 


Three Northeastern States 
19 
1-4 
18, 297 
89.8 
8.0 
2.2 
.3 

( 2 ) 
11 
11 
10 
8 
6 
7 
11 
11 
10 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12,13 
14 
9,638 
10, 235 
12, 437 
6,480 
4,890 
6,164 
9,355 
5,892 
6,454 
89.0 
86.5 
81.4 
96.2 
94.0 
82.2 
85.5 
89.2 
84.4 
8.5 
10.3 
13.0 
3.4 
5.0 
12.1 
11.0 
7.9 
11.1 
2.5 
3.2 
5.6 
.4 
1.0 
5.7 
3.5 
2.9 
4.5 
.3 
.4 
1.0 
( 2 ) 
.1 
1.0 
.6 
.7 
.8 
( 2 ) 
.1 
.2 


.2 
.1 
.1 
. 1 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
(2) 
Michigan, southern . . ... 

Wisconsin, southern .. 

Iowa, northwestern . 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
North Dakota and South Dakota, eastern. 
Kansas, central. 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
Eight North Central States 
85 
5-14 
3 71.397 
86.9 
9.7 
3.4 
.5 
.1 
( 2 ) 
3 
9 
2 
15 
16 
17 
2, 507 
3,766 
1,432 
82.9 
81.9 
66.5 
10.6 
11.5 
18.4 
6.5 
6.6 
15.1 
1.8 
2.1 
5.1 
.4 
.4 
.7 


Virginia, eastern .. 
.1 
Chesapeake-Delaware Peninsula 
14 
15-17 
3 7, 672 
79.6 
12.4 
8.0 
2.5 
.4 
( 2 ) 
Virginia-North Carolina, combined center. 
North Carolina and South Carolina corn- 
9 
6 
6 
3 
8 
18,19 
20,21 
22 
23 
24 
8,999 
5,482 
4,303 
3,520 
4,684 
67.0 
58.5 
55.3 
69.6 
71.4 
18.4 
18.3 
18.7 
18.8 
17.4 
14.6 
23.2 
26.0 
11.6 
11.2 
4.8 
10.2 
9.9 
2.5 
2.8 
.8 
3.0 
2.4 
.2 
.2 
.1 
.7 
.4 
. 1 
Kentucky, central 

Five Southeastern States. -. . ... . 
32 
18-24 
26, 988 
64.5 
18.3 
17:2 
6.1 
1.3 
.3 
3 
5 
4 
25 
26 
27 
3,175 
6,347 
2,068 
50.8 
45.9 
68.2 
13.5 
14.5 
15.1 
35.7 
39.6 
16.7 
23.0 
25.9 
5.0 
12.1 
15.1 
1.0 
4.6 
Mississippi, western . _. .. .. 
7.8 
Louisiana, south central. ... . 
.2 
Three South Central States 
12 
25-27 
11, 590 
51.2 
14.3 
34.5 
21.4 
11.8 
5.6 
Oklahoma, south central. 
4 
5 
4 
28 
29 
30 
3,056 
3, 930 
7,933 
71.9 
85.1 
70.5 
15.6 
9.7 
15.8 
12.5 
5.2 
13.7 
4.2 
1.0 
4.4 
.8 
.2 
.9 
.1 
Oklahoma, southwestern. 
. 1 
Texas, central. . .. 
. 1 
Two Southwest Central States 
13 
28-30 
14, 919 
74.6 
14.2 
11.2 
3.4 
.7 
.1 
California, north central .. .. 
9 
31 
3,868 
89.9 
5.9 
4.2 
1.7 
.7 
.2 
All areas studied, 24 States 
184 
1-31 
3 154,730 
79.2 
11.8 
9.0 
3.5 
1.3 
.5 
i See footnote 4, p. 3. 
2 Less than 0.05 per cent. 
3 Some landlords owned in more than 1 
