Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-17
FARM TEXTURES IN GEORGIA
AND OTHER COTTON STATES

500 farms. an increase of 16,249, or
go per cent. Operated by owners,
67,724, an increase of 1874, or 81
per cent. Operated by managers. 1888.
a decrease of 1875. or 14.4 per cent.
Operated by tenants, 124,231, an in
Of the total number of farms in the
state, ga per cent were operated
by tenants. In 1910, tenants had 60 8
per cent of all the farms.
In 1920. Alabama had 2256,o9s
cent. Owners operated 107,089,
decrease of 1,S4O. o. II per cent
Managers operated al, an increase
of 95. or 14.7 per cent. Tenants OPP
Grated 1926, which was a decrease
of 10,034, or 6.3 per cent. OF the total
number of farms, 57.9 per cent were
operated by tenants. In 1910. tenants
had 60.2 per cent of all the farms.
Taking the ten cotton states, the
Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana. Tennessee, Texas,
Arkansas and Oklahoma. as a whole,
we find that, in 1920. they had $780,
900 farms. an increase of 1O2, 1853. or
Al per cent. OF the grand total, own
erS operated 1,131. 1924, an increase
of $500. or 81 per cent. Managers
operated 10,942. an increase of $40.
4O7,2 an increase of $1,000. or 4.3
per cent. Of all the farms in 1920,
tenants operated 55.1 per cent. In
1910, tenants operated 500 per cent
of the whole number. so there was
only a negligible reduction in ten
Percentage of Tenants
1t may interest you, in this con-
nection, to know the per cent OF
farms in the states under considera-
ton, operated by tenants in 1920:
North Carolina. 43.5 per cent; South
Ganrori9
bama, 57.8; Mississippi, $50; Louisl-
ana, 571; Tennessee, 41.O; Texas,
$50; Arkansas, 51.2; Oklahoma, sos
In the per cent of farms operated
by owners the states rank as toll
lows: Tennessee, $50 per cent;
North Carolina, $50; Oklahoma, 4S.59 ;
ana, 42.2; Alabama, AIS; South Caro-
lima, 351; Mississippi, 3S.5; Geor-
gia, 1928.
Think of the fertile, cultivatable
acres embraced in the 100000 farms
and more, in the ten cotton states,
already planted in the greatest pos
sible variety of food crops with a
Think of what that means in bet
terment along all lines to all our
people in this year of Grace, 1921!
The Outlook Is Bright: Daily Grow
ing Brighter
The general agricultural and trade
| situation, long a source of the deep
| est anxiety the countrywide, is We'll
| in hand. Conditions are improving.
| The outlook is full of encouragement.
| Confidence has been restored. Trade,
| in every branch of business, is I'M
| proving steadily increasing In vol
| ume and in healthiness. The new
| disease known as "cancelitis" has
| been subjugated: 1t was an outcome
| of war decentralization and short
| lived.
preston when I declare that there
| was never a time in the annals OF
| the American republic when the
! minds of so great a number OF the
| ablest and most successful flnan,
ciers-bankers, farmers, business anc
| professional men-Were conferred upor
| so large number of economic prob
| lens the proper solving OF Whlcf
| is so vital to all our people. Those
are the men who have the situation
| "well in hand" Their plans of re
lief and of progress are a guarantee
| of a new and an abiding prosperity
! to the whole country.
Prosperity is at our doors! The
people are in a more cheerful frame
/ of mind than in many months! Have
YOU not noticed them on the streets
how bright of countenance the!
are, how confidently they step!
Prosperity is here! 1t is ours IT
have and to hold" See it-gentl!
spreading over the entire country
To my eye, it is as beautiful a.
"Breeze-bloSn fields of silver rye