TENANCY AND L AND O W N ER S H I P 



the losses when the crops are short without get- 

 ting the advantage of the extra large crops. 

 Where the tenants are men of considerable wealth 

 this is a matter of less importance. 



Again, it is said that the collection of the rent is 

 an easier matter where a share of the crop is given. 

 "Farmers will give a fifty cent chicken for a 

 church dinner when they would not think of giv- 

 ing as much as twenty-five cents in cash," says an 

 Iowa farmer who has tried both systems, and he 

 continues, "They will give the landlord his share 

 of the farm products much more cheerfully than 

 pay him cash." 



The share rent adjusts itself to changes in the 

 value of the products without any change in the 

 contract. This is looked upon by some farmers 

 and landlords as a reason of first importance for 

 adhering to the share system. 



Participation of the landlord in the manage- 

 ment of the farm, is the chief reason for the suc- 

 cess of share tenancy in this country. This point 

 has been emphasized over and over again in the 

 communications received from men who are in a 

 position to know. Share tenancy is, as a rule, 

 more profitable to the landlord only when the farm 

 is under his immediate supervision. If the man- 

 agement must be left entirely to the tenant farmer 

 the cash system is usually preferable to the land- 

 lord. If the tenant is a capable manager, so that 

 the supervision of the landlord adds nothing to 

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