RENTING DAIRY FARMS 241 



The tenant furnishes the human labor, machinery, and 

 hors 3S, and half of the other stock, and- pays half of the bills 

 men ioned above. He pays such bills as horseshoeing and 

 mac n'nery repairs. Each party has half of the receipts and 

 own ; half of the young stock raised. 



Ii regions where little but milk is sold, the landlord usually 

 f urn shes all cows (see page 244) . When profitable cash 

 crop 3 are raised in addition to dairying, the tenant usually 

 f urn shes some of the cows (see farm, page 242) . In either 

 case the calves raised are usually a part of the product, to 

 be Divided equally. 



1V1 any variations occur. If the chances of making a profit 

 are )oor, the tenant obtains concessions from the landlord. 

 If tie chances are good, the tenant may make concessions to 

 get i he place. The landlord often furnishes some machinery 

 or he rses, usually what he happens to own. The tenant often 

 owns all the hens and receives all the product from them. 

 Usually he is then required to furnish all the feed for them. 

 A hog or two is often kept in the same way. If hogs are 

 an important enterprise, the feed and returns are divided. 

 Sometimes the landlord pays all the fertilizer bill and often 

 furnishes all the grass seed. Sometimes the tenant furnishes 

 all the grain for horses, and sometimes this cost is shared. 

 Colts usually belong to the tenant but are sometimes shared. 



The fertility of the land, character of the buildings, quality 

 of the cows, distance to market, price of milk, size of the farm, 

 and many other factors must be considered before one can 

 say what the exact terms of the lease should be. For the 

 tenant the quality of the cows kept, the fertility of the land, 

 and amount of good crop land available are more important 

 than minor details in the lease. 



It seems probable that this general system of rental will 



