A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . Fig. 112.—The extent of farm tenancy is commonly measured by the proportion offarmers who are tenants ; but often of equal significance is the proportion of the im-proved land, or the proportion of the value of land and buildings included in theirfarms. In Illinois, for instance, less than 43 per cent of the farmers are tenants, butthese tenants operate 48 per cent of the improved land, and their farms include over 52per cent of the value of land and buildings in the State. Tn Alabama, on the other hand,nearly
A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . Fig. 112.—The extent of farm tenancy is commonly measured by the proportion offarmers who are tenants ; but often of equal significance is the proportion of the im-proved land, or the proportion of the value of land and buildings included in theirfarms. In Illinois, for instance, less than 43 per cent of the farmers are tenants, butthese tenants operate 48 per cent of the improved land, and their farms include over 52per cent of the value of land and buildings in the State. Tn Alabama, on the other hand,nearly 58 per cent of the farmers are tenants, but the tenants operate only about thesame proportion of improved land as tlie tenants in Illinois, and their farms include onlyabout 40 per cent of the value of land and buildlnes. Graphic Summary of American AgricuUv/re. 499. Pig. 113.—This map shows the relative extent of tenancy from the standpoint ofImproved land. The principal areas having over 60 per cent of the improved landoperated by tenants are the richest portiohs of the Corn Belt and of the Cotton Belt(see Figs. 22 and 24). These are our most productive areas (see Fig. 21), in which manyof the farmers or planters can afford to retire to town and be supported by the rent oftheir farms. The small proportion of Improved land operated by tenants in the hills ofNew England, in the southern Appalachian Mountains, on the sandy lower coastal plainof the South, and in the arid areas of the West is noteworthy. 500 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1921.
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