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option. The tenant is often required to market all crop and stock 

 products without previous division and to make the proper division 

 of proceeds at a specified bank. In one instance on an Indiana peach 

 farm the marketing expenses are shared equally. In the central 

 wheat belt the tenant may be paid wages for delivering the land- 

 lord's grain to market, or may receive the free use of corn land 

 in return for such labor. 



SPRAYING, BLACKSMITHTNG AND VETERINARY FEES. 



On stock and dairy farms ordinary veterinary fees and the cost 

 of testing cows for tuberculosis and of vaccinating hogs for cholera 

 are usually shared equally. Blacksmithing expenses are commonly 

 borne by the tenant, or may be shared equally. Vitriol and formalin 

 used for treating seed grain for smut may be provided by the tenant 

 or may be shared equally. Spray material for use in orchards and 

 on other crops is commonly provided jointly, or may rarely all be 

 furnished by the tenant or the landlord. The tenant usually sup- 

 plies labor for spraying. On celery farms in California the landlord 

 supplies all spraying material. 



FEED. 



On stock and dairy farms in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Delaware, Virginia, and elsewhere, the cost of purchased feed 

 is usually shared equally. The tenant's work stock may or may not 

 be fed from the common grain and fodder. When stock breeders 

 rent stock to farmers on shares the farmers are usually required to 

 furnish all necessary feed. 



LABOR. 



The tenant usually supplies all labor, not only his own but also 

 hired labor and horse labor. At the opposite extreme, however, there 

 are instances in which the tenant receives wages for his own work, 

 while all horse and hired labor is shared equally. On celery farms 

 in California, on cotton farms leased to share croppers, on onion 

 farms in Massachusetts and New York, and occasionally on general 

 farms in various States, the landlord supplies all horse labor and the 

 tenant all hand labor. On a peach farm in Indiana the cost of hired 

 labor is borne jointly. The cost of hired labor on dairy farms is 

 often shared half and half, as it is also on a sunflower farm in Ken- 

 tucky. Landlord and tenant often share equally also the labor of 

 picking berries in Louisiana, Maryland, and elsewhere, and occasion- 

 ally on general farms in Michigan, New York, South Dakota, and 

 elsewhere — usually also the labor of picking hops, and occasionally 

 the cost of plowing, especially on North Dakota wheat farms. Some- 



