CONTRACTS USED IN RENTING FARMS ON SHARES. 9 



mon method of sharing this crop, but a considerable variation is 

 noted in the conditions mentioned in leases, particularly in Ken- 

 tucky, Ohio, 1 Tennessee, and Virginia. On a number of Kentucky 

 farms where the tenant furnishes all tools, work stock, and general 

 seed, he receives two-thirds of the tobacco. Under this arrangement 

 the expenses for fertilizer and fuel are usually shared proportion- 

 ally to the division of the crop. In some instances, however, the land- 

 lord may bear one-half of the cost of baling the tobacco and receive 

 one-half of the crop. On general farms in Ohio where tobacco is an 

 important enterprise the tenant may furnish tools and work horses 

 and receive four-sevenths of the tobacco, or the landowner may sup- 

 ply one-half of the seed and receive two-fifths of the tobacco. On cer- 

 tain Tennessee tobacco farms where the landlord provides all tools, 

 mules, feed, and one-half of the fertilizer and spraying material, the 

 tobacco is divided half-and-half. The same condition prevails in 

 Virginia. When, on the other hand, the tenant supplies all tools, 

 mules, feed, and seed, and pays for three-fourths of the fertilizer, he 

 receives also three-fourths of the tobacco. 



Flax. — Flax is frequently an important crop on tenant farms in 

 North Dakota. On such farms the tenant commonly supplies the 

 norses and tools, while the landowner provides all seed. Other ex- 

 penses, including plowing, are commonly shared equally. Under 

 ihese conditions the landlord receives one-half of the flax. 



Hops. — In farm leases in New York in which the division of hops 

 is mentioned, the tenant is usually required to furnish the tools and 

 horses, while the landlord supplies all poles required for the growth 

 of the crop. Other expenses, including sulphur, and labor for pick- 

 ing the hops, are shared equally and the crop is divided half-and- 

 half. 



ORCHARD FRUITS. 



Fruit in general. — On farms on which fruit is not an important 

 enterprise the lease contract often specifies a certain division of the 

 fruit as a whole without mention of the kind of fruit. In some cases 

 the landlord pays a horticulturist to teach the tenant how to prune 

 and spray. The cost of spraying materials is usually shared in pro- 

 portion to the division of the crop. Almost universally, under these 

 conditions, the fruit is divided equally. 



Nursery stock. — An Indiana farm was leased under a partnership 

 arrangement for growing all kinds of nursery stock, including apple, 

 peach, plum, pear, cherry, raspberry, blackberry, shrubbery, etc. 

 The period of the lease was eight years. Under this arrangement the 

 landlord received one-half of the wholesale price of all nursery 



1 In a group of 28 Ohio farms the landlord's share of the tobacco is two-fifths on 

 16 and one-half on 12 farms. 



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