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Tenancy in the Southern States

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1913 27(3), 482
Number of farms and farm area of the South; size of farms in North and South, 482. — Value of the southern farm contrasted to that of the North; value of equipment, 483. — Tenancy conditions affected by the negro, 484. — Terminology on tenancy different in South from that in the North, 485. — Percentage of tenancy by States, 188O–1910; tenancy and colored farmers predominate in the cotton belt, 486. — Negroes gain over white farmers in possession of farms, 487. — Changes in proportion of cash and share tenancy; cash and share tenancy in relation to intensivity of cultivation, 488. — Tenancy and its relation to value of land, 490. — Relations to character of crops, to amount of live stock, to value of buildings, 491. — The negro tenant in the white districts, 492. — The "Renters' Union of America, " 494. — Length of lease, 495. — Forces which will counteract tenancy, 496.

Tenancy in the Western States

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1912 26(2), 363
Characteristics of the Western States, 364. — Low percentage of tenancy and low price of land, 365. — Decline in tenancy since 1900, 367. Percentage of tenancy greatest for farms of medium price, used for grain farming, 369. — Very low percentage of tenancy on fruit farms, 370. — Changes in tenancy in the West since 1880, 372. — In the United States at large a slow but certain increase of tenancy, 373. — Yet there is no tenant class; tenancy is a step toward ownership, 374. The relation between tenants and owners needs to be improved, 375.

Tenancy in the North Central States

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1911 25(4), 710
The tenancy problem one of many phases, 710. — Characterization of the North Central States, 712. — Relation of tenancy to value of land, by states, 714. — The same by groups of counties, 717. — Influenced by size of farms, 719. — By type of farming, 720. — Tenancy and the corn belt, 723. — Extensive and intensive farming, 724. — Summary, 728.

Tenancy in the North Atlantic States

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1911 26(1), 105
Contrast between the North Atlantic and the North Central States, 105. — Relation between value of land and per cent of tenancy, 107. — Low value of land and low rate of tenancy in New England, 108. — Relation of type of agriculture to tenancy, 109. — Percentage of selected crops grown by tenants in different states, 110. — Dairy farming and tenancy, 111. — Live stock and tenancy, 112. — Fruit growing and tenancy, 112. — General decrease in tenancy during the past decade, 115. — Occasion for the decrease, 117. — Table showing tenancy for North Atlantic States for 1880 to 1910, 117.