8 BULLETIN 650, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



the tenant pays \\ to 2| bales of cotton per mule, but in Alabama 

 and other cotton States the rent may be 2 to 3 bales per mule on 

 more fertile land. Comparatively few tenants on cotton farms pay 

 a fixed amount of money rent. 



Potatoes. — -Records on 176 New Jersey tenant farms on which 

 potatoes are an important crop indicate that the potatoes were shared 

 half-and-half on 157 farms on which the tenant furnished work stock, 

 machinery, and hired labor, and by some other fraction on 19 farms. 

 In New York. Pennsylvania, Maryland, and throughout the corn 

 belt potatoes are commonly shared half-and-half. In the wheat 

 States the landowner more commonly receives one-third of the pota- 

 toes. In the Greeley potato district of Colorado the common practice 

 is for the landlord to receive one-third of the potatoes. In Delaware, 

 when the landlord furnishes tools, machinery, work stock, and one- 

 half of the potato seed, other expenses being shared equally, the crop 

 is divided half-and-half. In a few instances in Indiana the landlord 

 accepts as his share one-half of the potatoes in the field before dig- 

 ging, or one-third "in the bushel" (dug and measured), at the 

 option of the tenant. Frequently, however, the potato crop is shared 

 half-and-half " in the bushel." A common custom in North Dakota 

 and elsewhere is for the landlord to furnish one-half of the seed 

 potatoes, receiving one-half of the crop. 



Sugar heets. — In Michigan, sugar beets are grown extensively by 

 farmers who receive instructions from field superintendents em 

 ployed by the sugar companies. The required contract labor is com- 

 monly secured through the factory manager and is paid for by the 

 farmer. The farmers who grow sugar beets under these conditions 

 do the work of blocking, thinning, hoeing, and topping. According 

 to records obtained on 100 tenant farms in Colorado on which sugar 

 beets are grown, the tenant invariably supplies all tools, feed, work 

 stock, and labor, while the landlord pays the water assessments and 

 land tax. Under this system the landlord receives one-fourth of the 

 sugar beets. In a few instances, however, the landowner supplies 

 tools, feed, supplies, horse labor, and twine, while the tenant pro- 

 vides all hand labor. Under this arrangement the landowner re- 

 ceives two-thirds of the sugar beets and all of the beet tops. Occa- 

 sionally the landowner receives only one-fifth or one-sixth of the 

 sugar beets. The prevailing fraction is one-fourth, and the present 

 tendency is toward an even larger share. Moreover, in a few in- 

 stances the tenant pays one-half of the water assessment. In prac- 

 tically all cases the tenant hauls the crop to market. Leases on 

 sugar-beet farms are for the most part written and of one-year 

 duration. 



Tobacco. — The number of leases on tobacco farms available for 

 study is not sufficient to determine with any certainty the most com- 



