Land tenure in the United States : with special reference to Illinois . .... .... .... 55 to 59 .... .... .. • • .... .... .... 65 and over .... « • • • . • • • 60 and over .... • . • • .... .»• • • • •. ... • 55 and over (a) Includes part owners. United States census reports: Thirteenth, Bulletin, Agriculture: United States, Age ofFanners, 26. Twelfth: V, 727. Eleventh: Farms and Homes, 618. relative prominence among both classes of operators. This declinewas especially
Land tenure in the United States : with special reference to Illinois . .... .... .... 55 to 59 .... .... .. • • .... .... .... 65 and over .... « • • • . • • • 60 and over .... • . • • .... .»• • • • •. ... • 55 and over (a) Includes part owners. United States census reports: Thirteenth, Bulletin, Agriculture: United States, Age ofFanners, 26. Twelfth: V, 727. Eleventh: Farms and Homes, 618. relative prominence among both classes of operators. This declinewas especially marked in the case of those over 65 years old asshown hy the data for 1900 and 1910. The graph illustrates the distribution of the ownersand of the tenants among the age-periods for 1890, 1900 and 1910.^ 1. Taylor, H. 0. The Place of Economics in AgriculturalEducation and Research, 108-110. I PLATE m. I DIAGRAM SHCING THE DISTRIBUTION OF FARM OPERATORSAMONG AGE-GROUPS, ILLINOIS, 1890-1910. Under 25 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 and OTer 45. U- OF I. S. S. FOAM 3 umts 142. The age period, 35 to 44, is one which included a slightly higherpercentage of the tenants than of the ^ The ages under 35included a greater portion of the tenants than of the owners,while the ages over 44 included a much greater portion of theowners thsin of tenants. The percentage of owners comprised withinthe age-groups increased v/ith each succeeding age-period. In thecase of tenants the percentage comprised within the age-group,25 to 34, was greatest, and declined steadily with the succeedingage-periods. It is evident, therefore, that youth is much morecharacteristic of the tenants than of the owners, and that ageseems to increased the chances for ownership. This tendency is perhaps more clearly shown in the secondgraph. The percentage in each age group who were tenants washigher for tenants than for owners for the first two age-groups,and after that the reverse was the
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