There Goes the Neighborhood: Rural School Consolidation at the Grass Roots in Early Twentieth-Century Iowa

Appendix

appendix average farm sizes and percentages of farms by tenure class for selected localities in consolidated and nonconsolidated school districts: circa 1920 a. areas supporting consolidation Region and Locality (year) Average Farm Size Related Owners 1 Unrelated Renters 2 Renters 3 Difference (1–3) Percentage of Farms Operated by Owners Cash Grain Area Boone County (1918) Colfax Township 132.2 130.9 155.5 ⫺23.3 47.4 (55) (15) (46) Grant Township 138.4 145.1 162.2 ⫺23.8 48.7 (76) (35) (45) Jordan Consol. 117.3 138.4 134.3 ⫺17.0 53.0 (44) (15) (24) Buena Vista County (1923) Barnes Township 162.7 198.7 180.3 ⫺17.6 64.4 (76) (11) (31) Brooke Township 211.0 218.7 238.8 ⫺27.8 38.7 (31) (25) (24) Hayes Township 173.1 135.7 195.0 ⫺21.9 41.7 (35) (7) (42) Maple Valley Township 231.8 140.0 214.4 17.4 27.3 (6) (2) (14) Marathon Consol. 148.5 198.3 166.4 ⫺17.9 43.8 (42) (15) (39) Varina Consol. 171.3 153.0 190.6 ⫺19.3 48.5 (16) (6) (11) Clay County (1919) Webb Consol. 145.0 220.0 195.9 ⫺50.9 42.7 (32) (4) (39) 249 a. (continued) Region and Locality (year) Average Farm Size Related Owners 1 Unrelated Renters 2 Renters 3 Difference (1–3) Percentage of Farms Operated by Owners Dallas County (1916) Adams Township 162.1 133.3 149.1 13.0 60.7 (17) (3) (8) Dawson Consol. 191.0 136.4 231.0 ⫺40.0 46.8 (22) (8) (17) Gardiner Consol. 115.1 246.0 162.1 ⫺47.0 37.5 (12) (6) (14) Washington Township 141.2 146.7 159.3 ⫺18.1 51.4 (72) (18) (50) Eastern Meat Production Area Marshall County (1924) Greencastle Township 132.6 (53) 135.1 (28) 188.1 (29) ⫺55.5 48.2 Jefferson Township 149.8 193.1 162.3 ⫺12.5 54.5 (60) (29) (21) Liberty Consol. 191.9 120.0 204.1 ⫺12.2 51.4 (18) (1) (16) Tama County (1926) Geneseo Township 249.6 220.4 263.5 ⫺13.9 50.6 (45) (11) (33) Dinsdale Consol. 233.6 181.2 183.5 50.1 52.4 (44) (18) (22) Cedar County (1916) Center Township 170.8 210.9 186.4 ⫺15.6 57.4 (108) (17) (63) Clinton County (1925) Elwood Consol. 158.8 171.3 193.4 ⫺34.6 48.1 (37) (14) (26) Center Township 153.5 192.9 184.4 ⫺30.9 61.5 (59) (15) (22) Welton Consol. 149.0 177.3 161.4 ⫺12.4 53.6 (45) (16) (23) 250 Appendix a. (continued) Region and Locality (year) Average Farm Size Related Owners 1 Unrelated Renters 2 Renters 3 Difference (1–3) Percentage of Farms Operated by Owners Western Meat Production Area Cherokee County (1923) Afton Consol. 162.1 188.1 177.8 ⫺15.7 41.2 (35) (21) (29) Aurelia Consol. 215.8 221.9 216.8 ⫺1.0 31.8 (35) (25) (50) Brooke Consol. 193.5 177.2 201.5 ⫺8.0 44.8 (13) (8) (8) Grand Meadow 148.4 169.6 190.1 ⫺41.7 43.3 Township (45) (15) (44) Harrison County (1922) Beebeetown Consol. 145.7 144.0 138.0 7.7 64.7 (33) (5) (13) Magnolia Consol. 127.9 125.3 107.7 20.2 53.3 (64) (16) (40) Mondamin Consol. 184.9 188.3 214.0 ⫺29.1 60.0 (54) (15) (21) Monona County (1919) Castana Consol. 172.1 202.8 160.1 12.0 63.3 (76) (15) (29) Maple Township 128.7 280.0 255.7 ⫺127.0 52.9 (9) (1) (7) Blencoe Consol. 182.0 163.0 184.8 ⫺2.8 48.9 (22) (2) (21) Montgomery County (1920) Wales-Lincoln Consol. 192.2 192.1 206.2 ⫺14.0 41.7 (43) (19) (41) Woodbury County (1917) Floyd Township 249.2 193.0 203.4 45.8 57.1 (56) (14) (28) Willow Township 132.2 204.5 157.0 ⫺24.7 52.0 (65) (22) (38) Appendix 251 a. (continued) Region and Locality (year) Average Farm Size Related Owners 1 Unrelated Renters 2 Renters 3 Difference (1–3) Percentage of Farms Operated by Owners Southern Pasture Area Taylor County (1923) Conway Consol. 140.7 165...