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Walker Evans
Walker Evans 1903-75, American photographer, b. St. Louis. Evans began his photographic career in 1928. His studies of Victorian architecture and his photographs of the rural South during the Great Depression, made for the Farm Security Administration, are among his best-known works. Many of Evans'... Read more
Will Carleton
Will Carleton 1845-1912, American poet, b. Hudson, Mich. He is best known for his sentimental poems of rural life, the most famous being "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse." Among his works are Farm Ballads (1873), Farm Legends (1875), and City Ballads (1885). ... Read more
Atwater
Atwater city (1990 pop. 22,282), Merced co., central Calif., in the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1922. It is the processing and commercial center of an irrigated farming area. National wildlife refuges are nearby. ... Read more
Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Shannon small town, Co. Leitrim, N Republic of Ireland. Located beside the Shannon River, it is a farm market and a center for trout fishing. ... Read more
Cavan
Cavan town (1991 pop. 5,254), seat of Co. Cavan, N Republic of Ireland. It is a farm market with some light industry. The Roman Catholic and Anglican dioceses are in Cavan. ... Read more
Monaghan
Monaghan town (1991 pop. 5,919), seat of Co. Monaghan, N Republic of Ireland. It is a farm market with some manufacturing. Monaghan houses the cathedral of the Roman Catholic diocese of Clogher. ... Read more
Morton
Morton village (1990 pop. 13,799), Tazewell co., central Ill., in a grain-farming and livestock area; inc. 1877. Food is canned, and tractor parts, washing machines, and pottery are manufactured. ... Read more
Nelson
Nelson city (1991 pop. 8,760), SE British Columbia, on the Kootenay River. It is a transportation and administrative center for a lumbering and farming region. ... Read more
Ramsey
Ramsey residential borough (1990 pop. 13,228), Bergen co., NE N.J.; settled 1846, inc. 1908. Dairy and truck farms are in the area. ... Read more
inclosure
inclosure or enclosure, in British history, the process of inclosing (with fences, ditches, hedges, or other barriers) land formerly subject to common rights. Such land included fields cultivated by the open-field or strip system, wasteland, and the common pasture land. Inclosure accompanied an... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "tenant farming"

Tenant Farming
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History TENANT FARMING Tenant farming is a system of agriculture whereby farmers cultivate crops or raise...which was often the same person). Another consequence of tenant farming was the deterioration of the land; since it did not belong to them...
farming and estate management
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...from the smallholdings of tenant farmers. Traditional farming methods continued into the...precipitated by the famine altered farming practices, changed the social...relationships of landowners and tenants, and resulted in legislation...rights. During the 20th cent. farming was ...
Tuscans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...padrone ) lived in town; the tenant farming families lived on the farms. Each...mezzadro. The relationship between the tenant and the landowner was defined by...disappeared. In addition to the owner-tenant relationship, other important features...
Sharecropping
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...agriculture emerged: One was sharecropping and the other was tenant farming. Plantation owners divided up their land and arranged...them increased independence as farmers. Some became tenant farmers (who rented the land from the landowner...
Arkansas
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...production of poultry. Cotton, formerly grown only on large plantations, began to appear in the northwest hill country. Tenant farming was the norm for several decades after the Civil War. Coal mining began in the late nineteenth century; the state...
Inheritance and Property
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...century. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the areas of egalitarian transmission were those where tenant-farming was predominant. But even then, some flexibility was possible since fathers were entitled to make a will. Not...
James Agee
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...including the Tennessee Valley Authority and the American highway system. In 1936 he was assigned to do an article on tenant farming in the South. Accompanied by photographer Walker Evans, who was employed by the Farm Security Administration, Agee...
the South
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...governments from power. The breakdown of the plantation system during the Civil War gave rise to sharecropping, the tenant-farming system of agriculture that still exists in areas of the South. The last half of the 19th cent. saw the beginning...
Ulster plantation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...servitors) were allowed to have Irish tenants, but could have lower rents if...woodkern’ than in farming as tenants. After a further conspiracy involving...permitting them to keep native tenants on a quarter of their proportions...
Sharecropping and Tenantry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...Tenantry, once common forms of farming throughout the United States. The tenant paid the landowner rent; the...mediated landowner‐tenant disputes. Farmers who could...intensive farm operations involving tenants and sharecroppers soon faded...The ; Populism; Southern Tenant Farmers' ...

Dictionary entries related to "tenant farming"

Country Store
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...significance in the economy of the post – Civil War South. In the regional system of sharecropping and widespread tenant farming that characterized postbellum cotton production, the number of stores grew tremendously. The rural "furnishing...
Glebe
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Glebe. Land which belongs to the endowment of a parish and which provides an income from farming by the priest himself or a tenant.
Highland clearances
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...x2010;scale sheep‐farming came to the Highlands, based...estates north of Inverness. Tenants were resettled on the coastal areas to combine fishing with farming and ancillary activity such...commercial alkali. After 1860, tenants were cleared to create deer...
Burns, Robert
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...Robert (1759–96). Poet, son of an Ayrshire tenant farmer. Well educated by an enlightened parish schoolmaster...father's death in 1784, his own unsuccessful attempts at farming, and a passionate affair with Jean Armour. It culminated...
Populism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the trans-Mississippi West to wheat and other staple-crop farming. In the South, too, cotton growing expanded into new territory...who tended to be poor renters working white owners' land as tenants or sharecroppers. It also reflected the commitment of the...
Taverns and Saloons
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...owned, with the tavern keeper living in the building as a tenant, much like motel managers of the current day. The lodging...common in both the cattle and mining towns. Saloons located in farming communities were much quieter. Farmers were usually settled...
manorial system
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...senior officer of the lord or even the lord in the chair and all tenants were required to attend these meetings whether they were free...demesne farm, the court appointed a reeve to supervise the farming activities, using labour services and collecting rents.
land reform
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...private ownership, to attempts to alter the terms under which tenants work private owners' land, such as the terms of sharecropping...and led to the development of industry and of large-scale farming. In Russia, limited land reform giving the land to the peasants...

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Praise as tenant farming forum aids understanding
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 12/16/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...from the Scottish Tenant Farmers Association on the need for tenants to resist rent...only be linked to farming profitability...Holdings Act, some tenants will agree rent...aspects of landlord/tenant discussions, the Tenant Farming Forum under Prof...landowners, NFU, ...
Farming: Tenants' group calls for more action to help new entrants into farming
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/23/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...rural affairs, was to ask the Tenant Farming Forum (TFF), which represents...term future of sustainable farming. For that reason we asked...entrants will be made smoother. Farming is no easy occupation and...absolute right to buy for tenants. Such a move would at a stroke...
Guide promotes good tenant farming relations
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 7/26/2007; 700+ words ; ...ensuring a healthier tenant farming sector lies with...between landlords and tenants as he launched...cross- industry Tenant Farming Forum which was...entrants to the farming sector and finding...between landlords and tenants so that each side...
Conference to debate securing the future of tenant farming.(Business)(Conference news)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 11/16/2009; 700+ words ; ...Byline: Karen Dent THE future of tenant farming and how it can best be secured...be discussed at the 2009 Tenant Farming Conference on T hursday. The invitation...them and their future plans for farming. "For some a tenancy is the only...
Tenant Farming Forum launched
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 7/26/2007; ; 451 words ; ...yesterday officially launched the Tenant Farming Forum (TFF) website and...organisations across the tenanted farming sector of the industry...build confidence for both tenants and landowners." Jeff Maxwell...relations between landlord and tenant on our user-friendly website...
Fresh opportunities open up for tenants; farming.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 10/23/2006; 700+ words ; ...Byline: By Anna LognonnA TENANT farmers will have more...tenancies. Landlords and tenants will have more freedom...their own needs. And tenant farmers will also be...Minister for Sustainable, Farming and Food, said: The...introduced will help tenant farmers to maximise the potential of ...
Warning on dairy tenants; Farming.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 9/17/2008; 620 words ; THE Tenant Farmers Association has warned landlords, the Government, processors and retailers that it is a critical time for dairy tenants. National vice-chairman Stephen Wyrill said: Having had a few years of relative stability with regard to dairy farm...
NFU and CLA united on NVZ tenant problems.(Farming Life)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 8/14/2002; 472 words ; ...Partnership between landlords and tenants is the only way forward. Nobody wants to see tenants prevented from running viable operations...operation of tenancy agreements." NFU Tenants Chairman Bob Pick said: "Without the...the only alternative would be for the tenant to de-stock to a level where ...
Farming: Tenant farmers name Green a recommended professional.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 1/10/2009; 489 words ; ...approval by a leading national farming organisation. William...Recommended Professional by the Tenant Farmers' Association. The TFA works on behalf of tenant farmers across the country...agricultural landlord and tenant issues. Further details...
farming: Tenant farmers miss traditional moving day.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 9/15/2007; 593 words ; ...normally arise at this time of year. Tenant Farmers' Association chief executive...tenancies to start and finish. Landlords and tenants will have entered into legally binding...in place, it may not be possible for tenants to abide by those contractual terms as...will be important that landlords and ...