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



times the landlord pays wages for the family labor of the tenant. 

 In Ohio the extra labor required in handling tobacco is commonly 

 shared in proportion to the shares of the crop. On share truck 

 farms the landlord usually pays a part of the cost of labor required 

 in picking and harvesting the crops. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. 



Storage and freight. — Cold storage expenses on apples and other 

 fruits and freight on stock shipments and on other products are 

 usually shared equally or in proportion to the tenant's and landlord's 

 share of the products. 



Service fees. — The landlord in most cases pays all stallion service 

 fees, and under such conditions may receive one-half the colts pro- 

 duced by the tenant's work horses. 



Water assessments. — On irrigated farms in Colorado and else- 

 where, the landlord may pay all water rates, or less often this ex- 

 pense may be shared equally, or in some cases the tenant pays all. 

 In all cases, however, the tenant is required to keep irrigation 

 ditches, weirs, and flumes in order. 



Taxes, insurance, and telephone. — The landlord usually pays all 

 insurance on real estate, while the insurance on partnership live 

 stock and equipment is shared equally. Occasionally the tenant pays 

 the insurance on real estate, especially in the case of an absentee 

 landlord. The tenant may pay the road taxes and school taxes, while 

 the landlord pays other real estate taxes, or the tenant may pay 

 one-half of the road taxes. In some cases the landlord pays all 

 real estate taxes, while in other instances all taxes are shared equally. 

 Taxes on partnership stock and equipment are almost always shared 

 jointly or in proportion to the shares of the proceeds. In North 

 Dakota the tenant may work out the road tax in return for the free 

 use of corn land, especially on wheat farms. The tenant usually 

 pays the rental for telephone services, though sometimes this ex- 

 pense is shared. 



UNEXHAUSTED VALUE OF FERTILIZERS. 



Little attention has been given in this country to the practice, 

 universal in the English tenant system, of granting an allowance to 

 a departing tenant for the unexhausted value of fertilizers bought 

 and applied by him, during his period of tenancy. This principle is 

 recognized with respect to lime, which is nearly always paid for by 

 the landowner. But there are other materials, commonly applied to 

 the soil, which are not exhausted in a single year. Rock phosphate, 

 for example, is not exhausted within a period shorter than four 



