The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.11, page 481, Feb. 1912, U. of Illinois Press

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FEBRUARY ~ 9 ~ ~ PERCENTAGE OF NEGRO AND WHITE FARMERS IN EIGHT STATES HAVING HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WnrrE FARMERS wrrH AVERAGE INCREASE IN LAND PER ACRE IN EACH STATE Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Increase State Negro White In Value of Land Farmers Farmers Per Acre West Virginia of 99 67 Kentucky on 95 65 Oklahoma ~ ~ 89 245 Maryland ~3 87 Tennessee ~ 6 84 84 Texas ~ 7 83 204 Virginia 26 74 ~ Go North Carolina 26 74 ~38 From ad these figures, it wouic] seem to be apparent that, in spite of ad that is said to the contrary, the negro In the South Is beginning to heed the advice of those who have told him to stick to the fang. It does not follow from this, however, that negro farmers are sticking fast on the land on which they were planted years ago. On the contrary, the census figures show that there is a very considerable movement of the negro population to the new territory, where there is opportunity to better their condition, as In the case of the negro population In Oklahoma, which has grown ~ per cent. in the past ten years. But, on the whole, the negro is sticking to the soil. At the same time these figures prove, it would appear, that the negro is able and willing to improve in his methods of farming. It is evident that all this advance in land values would not have taken place in spite of the negro. He must have had, as he has always had, his share during this time, in the work of building up the farming industry in the South, and, considering the little education he has had in agriculture and the limitations owing to his lack of general education that prevented his taking advantage of the opportunities for improvement that axe offered to farmers In other parts of the country, it must be admitted that he has done weD. Booker T. Washington North. American Review, 195 (Feb. 19~2 ), ~ 75~. 481