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



CRATES, HAMPERS, BASKETS, BARRELS, BOXES, BAGS, ETC. 



Expenses for all of these articles are usually borne equally. Bags 

 for grain may be supplied in proportion to the share of the crop 

 received by each party. The tenant may provide one-half or all of 

 the baskets for tomatoes. Bags for onions may be equally shared, 

 but in some cases the purchaser pays for them. On other farms the 

 landlord may provide all crates for onions and all barrels for apples, 

 or may furnish a part of them in proportion to his share of the crop. 



GINNING, THRASHING, TWINE, FUEL, AND OIL. 



The share cropper on cotton farms usually pays one-half the 

 expense of ginning, and share renters pay their proportionate share 

 of ginning (two-thirds or three-fourths) , while the landlord usually 

 provides the fuel. On grain, dairy, stock, and general farms through- 

 out the country the cost of thrashing, twine, fuel, and oil is either 

 shared equally or the landlord provides all or the tenant all. In 

 still other cases the thrashing expense is shared equally while the 

 tenant pays for the twine. Or, finally, the thrashing expense may be 

 shared in proportion to the tenant's and landlord's shares of grain. 



SILO FILLING, SHREDDING, AND BALING. 



Expenses for these operations are commonly shared equally. In 

 some cases, however, the tenant pays for all of them, while very 

 frequently the baling expense is shared in proportion to the shares 

 of the hay. 



MILK CANS, MILK HAULING, AND MARKETING CROPS. 



On dairy farms the tenant provides all or the larger share, or 

 one-half of the milk cans, according to local custom. In Illinois 

 the tenant furnishes one-half or more of the cans, while in Wisconsin 

 he provides all of the cans. The tenant nearly always bears the 

 expenses of hauling milk. Leases nearly always contain a clause 

 on the method of sale and marketing of partnership crops and on 

 the delivery of the landlord's share of the crops. A division of crops 

 may be made at the farm, after which the landlord's share of the 

 crops may be stored in a crib, granary, or barn. In other cases the 

 tenant may be required to deliver the landlord's share to his home, 

 elevator, railroad station, or to any point within a specified distance 

 at the discretion of the landlord. On Kansas grain farms the land- 

 lord may receive one-third of the grain at the farm or only one- 

 fourth if delivered by the tenant to the railroad station 10 miles 

 distant. Again in Indiana the landlord may receive one-half of the 

 potatoes in the field or one-third "in the bushel" at the tenant's 



