204 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI
fact does not destroy the comparability of the data, so long
as data for at least one year are included in each study.
Certain summary tables have been compiled from these
studies, and the data thus presented in these tables form a
basis for comparison. It should be pointed out that these
data are in the nature of statistical samples. Certain counties
were selected, and information concerning net rent and taxes
on a per acre basis were obtained from a number of farmers
within each county. Since the data obtained from these
studies are not always for the same years, and since there
may be considerable variation in the representative character
of the samples, it was decided to present certain supplemen-
tary statistics to serve as corroborative evidence.l
TaBLe 58: General Property Tax iv REeraTION TO
Rent PER Acre, CasH-RENTED Farms IN THE NorTH-
wESTERN CounTiES oF Missouri, 1913-1922}
Source: University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station, Research
Bulletin No. 93
Tear
"14
915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
(999
Number of
Farms
7
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MEL
Number of
Acres
y
i
33,40:
Average Rent
per Acre
3.12
2.31
N
3
4
VF sT4
Average Tax
per Acre
i
0.32
0.32
0.35
0.36
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Relation of
Taxes to Cash
Rent
Par Cent?
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1 Andrew, Atchison, “Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Clinton,
Daviess, De Kalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Lafayette, Linn, Mercer.
Nodaway, Platte, Putnam, Saline, Sullivan, and Worth Counties.
2 The percentage figures in this column were computed from totals and not from
the derived per-acre ficures.
Several years ago the Missouri Agricultural Experiment
Station prepared an analysis which showed the relation of
taxes to cash rents in the northwestern counties of Missouri
for the years 1913 through 1922. The results of this investi-
gation are presented in Table 58. This table shows that for a
few years after 1913 property taxes absorbed a declining
1The supplementary data will be presented in the following section.
