Geology and Election 2000: Economics and Land Use
Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences,University
of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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Farm Ownership
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Corporate farm ownership shows no obvious correlation with the arc |
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There may be a weak tendency toward higher than average partnership operation, but little more than in many other areas. |
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Tenant farming, that stereotypical Southern practice, shows a weak correlation with the band |
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The band does show up as having somewhat higher than average rental or leasing of farmland, but hardly a dramatic correlation. |
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In tandem with the higher rates of leasing and tenant farming, there is a slightly lower proportion of farms operated by full owners. |
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There is also a slightly lower proportion of farms operated by families and individuals. |
There are some weak correlations visible in maps of economic patterns. There is still a Cotton Belt coinciding with much of the band but also including many areas outside it. Much of the band has lower than average production, but with significant gaps. There is a slightly higher tendency to tenant farm or rent land, and a lower proportion of operator-owned farms, but nothing dramatic.
The Georgia and South Carolina portions of the band seem to mark a boundary in many cases. For example, it seems to mark a boundary between higher farm ownership to the NW and higher rental or leasing to the SE. It also seems to define the NW boundary of extensive cotton farming.
We can conclude that present day economics does not really explain the band. We must look to history.
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