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tenant leads him to cut down too much on the labor bill. Trouble 

 can be avoided by agreeing in advance upon the amount of labor 

 to be provided by the tenant. 



Horse feed. Where the tenant furnishes all of the horses 

 to operate the farm, which is the most common practice, the 

 question has arisen as to whether these horses should be fed from 

 the undivided grain and hay or from the tenant's share of the 

 grain. This has generally been settled in southern Wisconsin 

 in favor of feeding the horses from the undivided grain and 

 hay. In some districts, where grain farming is an important 

 adjunct to dairy farming, the landlord furnishes all of the seed 

 grain, and the tenant is required to feed his horses from his 

 share of the grain, but may feed them from the undivided hay. 

 Where special circumstances give rise to opportunities for 

 the profitable employment of the tenant's horses in hauling 

 stone or some other materials, landlords have sometimes ob- 

 jected to such employment, but this outside work should be dis- 

 couraged only to the extent that it may encroach upon time re- 

 quired properly to perform the farm work. The tenant should 

 furnish the grain fed to the horses during the time they are 

 employed on outside work of this kind. In general, it is better 

 for the landlord to let land for cash where there is regular 

 opportunity for outside employment. This opportunity will 

 enable the tenant to pay a higher rent than he could otherwise 

 pay. This point should not be overlooked by the landlord. 



Colts raised by tenant. Where the horses have been fed 

 from the undivided grain, the question has arisen as to the 

 ownership of the colts in case any should be raised. It is 

 contended by the landlord that if the colts eat undivided grain 

 there should be some method of remunerating the landlord. It 

 is also claimed that brood mares require more feed per unit 

 of work performed on the farm than do other horses, and for 

 this reason the landlord should have an interest in the colts. 

 On the other hand, it is claimed that considerable risk is taken 

 by the tenant where colts are raised and that if the landlord 

 does not share this risk he should not share the colts. 



This problem has been solved in various ways. In many 



