6 BULLETIN 650, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Millet is seldom a crop of sufficient importance on tenant farms 

 to be mentioned in a lease contract. On a half share rented farm 

 in Texas the landowner receives one-half of the millet. 



The division of clover and alfalfa seed on tenant farms is rarely 

 specified in lease contracts, and few records are therefore available 

 in reference to this point. In Indiana the landowner commonly re- 

 ceives two-fifths of the clover seed produced on the farm. In Colo- 

 rado the landowner may receive one-half of the alfalfa seed produced 

 on the farm as compared with one- third of the corn and potatoes 

 grown on the same farm. 



Sunflowers are rarely an important enterprise on tenant farms. 

 On one Kentucky farm where this crop is grown on a considerable 

 scale the expense and equipment are shared equally and the land- 

 lord receives one-half of the sunflower seed, as well as one-half of 

 the corn and alfalfa. In this case the work stock is fed from un- 

 divided feed. 



Hay and fodder. — Almost universally on share rented farms, when 

 the tenant furnishes working capital and hired labor, hay is divided 

 aalf-and-half if sold at all. Otherwise the hay produced on the 

 farm is used in feeding partnership stock, but if the landowner owns 

 no stock the tenant may pay cash rent for hay land. 



On dairy farms and stock farms throughout the country it is fre- 

 quently prescribed in the lease contract that hay and fodder shall 

 not be sold except with the permission of the landlord, but shall be 

 fed to the stock on the farm. On grain farms the tenant often pays 

 a cash rent for hay land and has all the product to sell or to feed to 

 his own stock. In general, when the hay is shared, half-and-half 

 the tenant is required to pay one-half of all expenses and to supply 

 the necessary tools and work stock. In a few cases, however, the 

 tenant receives three- fourths of the hay. In Alabama and elsewhere 

 in the cotton belt share croppers on cotton farms commonly receive 

 one-half of the corn fodder, sorghum, and other fodder produced on 

 the farm. In Colorado when the tenant furnishes tools, horses, feed, 

 labor, and thrashing expense, he usually receives one-half of the 

 alfalfa and less often one-third. The baling expenses are usually 

 shared proportionately to the share of the crop received by the tenant 

 and. landlord. On such farms the water assessment is commonly 

 paid by the landlord, less often by the tenant, or sometimes is 

 shared equally. In Kentucky, with all working capital and expense 

 shared equally, the tenant's share of the alfalfa is one-half, while 

 be may receive one-third of the timothy or less often three-fifths. 

 Wide variation occurs on Nebraska farms with reference to the frac- 

 tional sharing of hay, the tenant receiving one-half or three-fifths 

 or even two-thirds as his share. 



