DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULS. 626-650. 



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Department Bulletin No. 649. — Experiments ox the Digestibility of 

 Fish: 



Introduction 1 



Digestion experiments with men 3 



Preparation of fish 4 



Kature of the diet 5 



Boston mackerel 6 



Butterfish t 8 



Gravfish 9 



Salmon 12 



Summary 14 



Department Bulletin Xo. 659.— Lease Contracts used in Renting 

 Farms on Shares: 



Different systems 1 



Length of lease period 3 



Methods of sharing crops and stock products 4 



Methods of sharing pasture 15 



Contracts for clearing land 15 



Ownership of equipment 15 



Methods of sharing expenses 17 



Unexhausted value of fertilizers 20 



Repairs and improvements 21 



Privileges and perquisites 21 



Restrictions 22 



Supervision by the landlord 22 



Good husbandry 22 



Advances to tenant 23 



General systems of share leasing 23 



Sample stock-share lease 24 



Assumption underlying lease contracts 28 



Suggestions toward a rational lease contract 33 



Status of the tenant 36 



