MEANS OF ACQUIRING LAND 



tenant two-thirds of the crop raised or the 

 product produced. 



(b) The second form of share rent is 

 where the landlord furnishes the real estate ; 

 the tenant supplies teams, tools and labor, 

 while the landlord and tenant own equally 

 all live stock other than teams, and bear 

 equally all other expenses, as for seeds, fer- 

 tilizers and cost of threshing. Under this 

 system, it is customary for landlord and 

 tenant each to receive one-half of all sales. 

 As each owns one-half of all the live stock 

 (teams excepted), each shares equally in all 

 increase. The landlord pays for the cost 

 of permanent improvements such as new 

 buildings, fences, repairs and drainage. 

 The tenant, in making these improvements, 

 in some cases, agrees to furnish two days' 

 labor for one day's pay. The theory is that, 

 while the increased value of the real estate 

 is of advantage only to the landlord, the 

 improved facilities are of some benefit to 

 the tenant. Since he can do this work at odd 

 times when not otherwise employed, he can 

 afford to take a generous view of the mat- 

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