XII. LAND TENURE AND LAND POLICY 



QUESTIONS 



i. Does the landowning farmer work harder than the tenant? 

 Why ? Is he likely to follow a better farm practice ? Why ? 



2. Explain the reasons, both of inclination and of necessity, which 

 would explain a smaller percentage of livestock on tenant farms. 



3. Does tenancy produce as good results as ownership under a 

 one-crop system of farming ? Why ? 



.4. Is tenancy as satisfactory as ownership if the term of the lease 

 be long ? How long should it be ? 



5. What sort of a rotation can be followed under a one-year-lease 

 system ? What effect does an extremely short tenure have upon the 

 tenant's equipment of implements ? of stock ? upon his policy with 

 regard to fertilizer ? upon his acre-yields ? Give the reasons as fully 

 as possible in each case. 



6. Is a one-year-lease system "a national waste"? Explain. 



7. Does the fact that a certain group of tenants are making larger 

 labor incomes than farm-owners in the same community indicate that 

 the former are better farmers ? What does it indicate ? 



8. Show that many types of leasing arrangements are, in fact, 

 business partnerships. * 



9. Is share renting suited to extensive or intensive forms of agri- 

 culture ? Cite illustrations to prove your point. Do you know of any 

 cases which are inconsistent with your general statement ? Can you 

 explain ? 



10. What type of lease is most suited to the non-resident land- 

 lord ? Why ? What type does the landlord who is a retired farmer 

 and lives near by prefer? Why? How about the small- town 

 banker ? 



n. Explain the stock-share plan of renting and point out its 

 advantages. Do you agree that this is particularly desirable for the 

 young farmer ? Why ? 



12. Does stock-share renting form a natural transition between 

 wage-work and farm ownership? Explain the steps by which this 

 would be brought about. 



13. Is this equally true of ordinary share renting or the share 

 cropping of the South? How about cash renting? Point out the 

 difficulties of relying upon cash renting alone under present conditions 

 in the United States. 



14. If it appears that on the average the landlord makes more 

 when he rents on some share system, why does the tenant use this 



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