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He also hauls his share of the tobacco to the warehouse. All the renter 

 furnishes is his share of the seed, the labor and smaller implements re- 

 quired to grow and harvest the crop. 



Cash rental is now the most usual form of tenancy in the valley, al- 

 though share rent was more common in 1890. The cash rent paid for 

 desirable tobacco land is from S50 to $60 per acre. The landowner fur- 

 nishes nothing but the land. The cash tenant requires some capital; gen- 

 erally, however, he has no trouble in buying his fertilizer and implements 

 on credit. By beginning as laborers, and taking advantage of this form 

 of tenure, many Polish immigrants soon rise to farm ownership. 



TEBIANCY I» THE GOHNECTICUT VAUEY, 1880-1910 



leeo I / /'.'X'i VM 



1900 I fM 



lexo I ;=^JI 



• 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 



flH Owners 



W£d Cash tenants 



■H Share tenants 



Fig. 6. — Tenancy in the Connecticut valley, 1880-1910. 



