The Sharecropper and Wage Laborer in Cotton Production

Ernest J. Holcomb

No 341160, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: [Partial Contents:] Introduction --- Distinction Between Sharecroppers and Wage Laborers --- Classification of Laborers on Southern Cotton Farms --- Labor Organization in Cotton Production --- Changes in the Number of Croppers By States, 1920-35 --- Changes in the Number of Hired Workers, 1909-36 --- Changes in Cotton Harvested Acres, 1909-36 --- Comparison of Changes in Cotton-Lint Prices / in Relation to Wage Rates / with Changes in the Percentages of Tenants and Laborers --- Percentage in Each Tenure Group in the Three Principal Cotton Areas, 1880-1935 --- Changes in Labor Requirements in Cotton Production --- Economic Explanations of Changes Between Share and Wage Labor --- Trends in Economic Status --- Changes in Tenure Status --- Number of Moves Sharecroppers and Wage Laborers Make --- Seasonal Distribution of Employment and Earnings --- Women and Children Labor of Sharecropper and Wage Laborer Families --- Home-Use Goods as a Means of Improving Economic Status.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 124
Date: 1940-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.341160

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