CONTRACTS USED IN RENTING FARMS ON SHARES. 15 



a more important enterprise in the operation of the farm the fowls 

 may be owned jointly. In such cases as, for instance, in Delaware, 

 on one-half share rented farms, the landlord receives one-half the 

 eggs and increase. In a few instances on dairy farms, particularly 

 in Indiana, the landowner receives two-thirds the eggs. 



METHODS OF SHARING PASTURE. 



In the corn belt the common practice on high-priced land is to 

 require the tenant to pay a cash rent for pasture on crop farms, 

 while in regions where land prices are low the tenant may receive 

 the use of the pasture free as a perquisite. The cash rent for farm 

 pasture ranges from $1 to $10 per acre, being usually $4 to $6 per 

 acre. Such pasture land is commonly in a system of rotation, and it 

 is considered as potentially crop land. The rent per acre, therefore, 

 is fixed at about the same price as would be charged under a cash 

 system for the crop area of the farm. 



On general farms in Colorado, rented on shares with expenses 

 shared equally, the tenant may receive one-half the proceeds from 

 the use of pasture. These proceeds commonly come from fees for 

 pasturing outside horses or other stock. In general, when the tenant 

 has the free use of pasture for his work stock and a few cows and 

 hogs, he is required to share equally with the landowner the colt and 

 calf proceeds. 



CONTRACTS FOR CLEARING LAND. 



In some leases special stipulations are made regarding compensa- 

 tion of the tenant for clearing land. On an Indiana farm under a 

 six-year lease the landlord furnished tile, while the tenant cleared the 

 brush, fitted the land for cultivation and put in the tile drains, re- 

 ceiving as compensation all products produced on the land for the 

 six-year period. Sometimes the tenant clears a few acres of land 

 adjoining the other cultivated fields, receiving wages and all the crops 

 for one year in return for his labor. 



OWNERSHIP OF EQUIPMENT. 



Share croppers on cotton farms usually provide none of the equip- 

 ment, the tools, mules, and feed being furnished by the landlord, and 

 other expenses except labor being shared equally, and receive one-half 

 the cotton. Share renters on cotton farms usually furnish tools, 

 mules, and feed, and receive two-thirds or three-fourths of the cotton. 

 The landlord furnishes all equipment and horse labor on celery 

 farms, as in the arrangement in vogue under the share-cropping 



