MEANS OF ACQUIRING LAND 



which the ordinary, staple crops are raised. 

 Perhaps $3 to $4 is more commonly paid 

 for such land. 



2. In the South it is common for the land- 

 lord to require a definite number of pounds 

 of cotton per acre or a certain number of 

 bales of cotton for a one or two-mule farm, 

 as the case may be. This is classi- 

 fied by the census authorities as "cash 

 rent," but will here be called "crop 

 rent." Crop rent is less common than either 

 cash or share rent in the northern and west- 

 ern states, although perhaps the most com- 

 mon form in the South. Crop rent, how- 

 ever, is met with in some sections, as in 

 western New York where certain large land- 

 owners require a definite number of bushels 

 of wheat, oats or maize and make certain 

 stipulations as to hay and straw. They 

 charge a cash rent for pasture. 



3. Much the most common form of ten- 

 ancy, however, is that where a certain per- 

 centage or share of the product is given the 

 landlord for the use of the land. 



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