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who are better off if watched, either because of careless- 

 ness or lack of knowledge. Such a man may do better 

 if he rents of a landlord who knows how to farm and 

 who will give considerable time in looking after the 

 place. 



The landlord who does not desire to give much personal 

 attention to the farm had best rent for cash or a share of 

 the crops. If the landlord has time and desires to watch 

 the farm rather closely, it is better to rent for a share of the 

 crops or for a share of all receipts. In regions where 

 the common system of rental is a share of receipts, as in 

 some dairy sections, land is not so attractive an investment 

 for persons who live in town as it is in regions where the 

 landlord furnishes nothing but the land. The fact that 

 farm investments are so easily looked after when the land- 

 lord furnishes nothing but land is one reason why all 

 classes of people in the Middle West like to invest money 

 in land. This, in turn, has been one reason for the very 

 great rise in prices of land in that region. 



205. Methods of share renting. There are three 

 more or less definite systems of share rental with all de- 

 grees of variation. 1. The landlord may furnish nothing 

 but land. 2. He may furnish part of the productive live- 

 stock, part of the feed, seed, and fertilizer, and pay part 

 of the threshing, silo filling, and similar bills. 3. He may 

 furnish everything except the human labor. 



Share of crops. In the newer regions, where the chief 

 product sold is grain, the common system of rental is for 

 the landlord to furnish nothing but land. The tenant de- 

 livers the landlord's share of the crop to the railroad. The 

 tenant usually gets about three-fifths of the grain. He 

 also has the straw, corn stalks, etc., for use on the farm. 

 In regions where the land is very rich, the rent is some- 



