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stock, and if any retail sales were made the tenant received the dif- 

 ference between the retail price and one-half of the wholesale price, 

 as recompense for his extra labor in making small sales. Under this 

 contract the landlord also received one-half of the fruit. The tenant 

 supplied all equipment and paid all expenses, including marketing. 

 At the expiration of the lease the remaining nursery stock was di- 

 vided half-and-half. 



Apples. — The apple crop is usually shared half-and-half between 

 tenant and landlord. This is the prevailing custom in New York, 

 Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and 

 elsewhere. On New York farms when the tenant provides only the 

 labor, the landlord receives two-thirds of the apples, while when all 

 expenses, including apple storage and hired labor, are shared equally 

 the crop is divided half-and-half. In Pennsylvania the landlord fre- 

 quently pays two-thirds of the fertilizer bill for orchard crops on 

 farms where the apples are shared half-and-half. 



Peaches, pears, plums, and cherries. — The method of dividing these 

 crops is mentioned so rarely in lease contracts that no reliable conclu- 

 sion as to the usual practice can be drawn. From the small available 

 number of lease records, however, it appears that on farms where all 

 expenses are shared equally the crop of peaches, plums, and pears, 

 is divided half-and-half. On New York farms, where the tenant 

 sometimes supplies nothing but labor, the landlord may receive two- 

 fifths of the cherries and two-thirds of the apples and peaches. On 

 Indiana farms, when the tenant supplies horses and tools, and the 

 cost of hired labor, marketing, and spraying is shared equally, the 

 landlord receives one-half of the peaches. When the tenant furnishes 

 only the labor on New York farms the landlord may receive two- 

 thirds of the peaches, and when the tenant provides two-thirds of 

 the barrels and all labor, while the landlord provides all fertilizer, 

 spraying material, and horses, the landlord's share is one-third of 

 the peaches and pears. 



TRUCK CROPS AND BERRIES. 



Onions. — On tenant farms in New Jersey devoted to truck raising, 

 the landowner usually pays the taxes and fertilizer bills, while other 

 expenses except labor are shared equally. The tenant supplies tools, 

 machinery, and horses. On such farms the landowner receives one- 

 half of the onions, but when the tenant supplies only labor the land- 

 owner's share is two-thirds. 



On rented onion farms in Massachusetts the tenant usually pro- 

 vides hand tools, hand labor, and seed, while the landowner fur- 

 nishes all horse labor and fertilizer and pays the taxes. The cost of 

 bags is for the most part shared equally, but in some cases is paid by 



