Show fARM RENTING GAINS l LITTLE Utah Is Among States With Lowest Rates of Tenancy Wis s Oct 13 P 13 W Farm tenancy in iii the United States SlAtes Increased but one per cent during the t lt li t decade contrary to the th belief bellet that agricultural lands were rapidly passing out ot of the hands of ot owner operators 0 Into the hands ot of o tenants by hy a report of ot the Institute for tor In Land Economics and r Utilities This bod body directed by Dr Richard REI R It El Ell well know n I economist Is la organized specifically ito to con conduct research In land Easing Basing Its conclusions conclusion upon 1920 Consul census figures figurer the th Institute con con- concludes Conclude con concludes clude that an an Increase In tenancy can be expected In the normAl de development tie tie- tieS S of ot a nation a fact tact neg neg- neg- neg neglected b by many who vho ho look upon ten ten- tenant ten tenant ant farming as something absolute absolute- absolutely absolutely ly undesirable operated approximately tout one one th lh tho o the farms ot or the country In ISSO 1850 1 ith a Jump to 25 per cent In 1890 1590 anti and to 35 05 per cent In 1900 A more gradual increase came In the n nt ns t I tto decades the proportion In 1910 o being 37 per cent and In 1920 38 35 I per per cent 1 IN 1 Measured In terms of ot acreage ot of land In about 23 per cent centor or of farm tarm land Is being d by tenants according to the institute statement Measured In terms ot of ed rO ed acreage tenants are ld 1 tid to occupy almost 35 per cent ot of o the proved land The south Is 1 sho shonn shon n to have had hada a steady teady Increase In tenant rUms some jome states slates showing sho over 60 per cent of ot farm tenancy The reason mutt must be sought In Inthe inthe Inthe the prevalence of ot one crop farming particularly cotton and tob tobacco co and In the human factor the reo re- repost rc POI post t declared Three fourths ot of the whites are renters Tho The boll ee II and the migration of ot negro labor to the north Is Ii 1 bound to pro pro- pro produce duce duco great greal changes In the present prent I renting renUng lH GRO arrangements IV I P I However In the last lost decade sev- sev sevI seven seven sev seven en et In the south ha hae e e had hOod a I decrease or elie ehe practically no change In the proportion of ot tenants to bama Aa owner owners Th They y are Florida Aa Ma- Ma Mabama Kentucky bama Mississippi Tennessee Ken Ken- Kentucky Kentucky tucky and land E Eer Eier er since 1880 there thera has been beena a steady Increase In farm tarn tena tenancy ncy In the tha cam earn belt Missouri alone Is An nn exception In the Corn Del economic forces determining ten ten- tenancy ten tenancy ancy aney halo hae ha 0 had full play Farms Farma ha 0 increased In size aize ever since 1880 Agriculture machinery hA has perman nade possible a 8 larger acreage u per man Tho The tractor ha has had a II pos pow pow- erful powerful Influence In the same ame three three- tion Land Is at a premium and It i alue alu ot often en Inflated snaking more difficult Kansas Kansas Nebraska and the thO kotas Da-kotas Ta- Ta I kolas have havo had the most remark remark- remarkable remarkable able Increases In proportion ot of o ten ten- tenants ten tenants ants to owners during the he list hat tie tie- de decade cade tS t estern estern Minnesota shares In Inthis Inthis this increase with the Dakotas North Dakota had only 14 U pe per cent lot of tenancy in 1910 but now has oser OHr 25 per cent cent while South Da- Da Da Dakota kola hot jumped from 25 to 35 31 per percent percent percent cent One crop agriculture large scale scalo operations and the man many farms held for speculation are tea tea- fea features ture tures that partly explain this rapid rise In tenancy Notable declines In tenant o oper- oper oper operated operated tarm farms have hae persisted In the eastern states on the Atlantic sea sea- board from Virginia Only N New Nw w York had bad a larger I Iro- Iro pro rO- rO of ot tenants tenant In 1920 than It had in lii 1880 and even then In 1920 lees Ies than one fifth of ot Its t nero ere era tenant ted oper ITI Western estern states hive su such h a a ar- ar arlet loty ar-loty let of or conditions that tenancy fig lg- figurea fig figures ures urea are not significant The agri agriculture culture ranges from Irrigated land I to ranching New ew farms are still till being created from the public do- do domain domain do domain main and these the e are practically all ail allIn ailIn allIn In the th hands of 0 onner ner This fact tends to obscure the In reas- reas reasIn In tenant farms 0 Utah Ut h has the 10 lowest lonest est rate of ot ten ten- fancy r ancy In the United States of e e England and anti Xe ad al- al although al although though It 13 Is one of ot the oldest of ot the tl estern states an ani has a a well de- de d di i eloped agriculture The r and institutions qt the Mormons haie hae hn e to be examined to explain this |