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two-fifths of the grain, straw, and corn fodder, and the tenant 

 receives three-fifths. The system is usually the same as the 

 one-third system so far as what the landlord furnishes is con- 

 cerned and also with regard to control. 



The half-share system. The letting of land for one-half the 

 product is found in all parts of the United States. The half- 

 and-half system varies greatly with respect to what the landlord 

 furnishes in addition to the land and buildings. 



Grain farming on the half system. In one form of half-share 

 tenancy found in the grain regions of Minnesota, Kansas, 



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Nebraska, the Dakotas, and in the wheat regions of the Pacific 

 coast, the landlord furnishes the seed grain and gets one-half 

 the crop. In these regions it is often counted that one-half the 

 crop, when the landlord furnishes the seed and pays for one- 

 half the time and threshing, is equivalent to one-third the crop 

 where the landlord does not furnish the seed. 



In central Illinois and in west-central Indiana the landlord 

 who receives one-half the grain crops furnishes nothing but the 

 land and buildings and exacts a cash rent for the land used 



