CONTRACTS USED IN RENTING FARMS ON SHARES. 25 



a term of one year, with the privilege of renewal for each succeeding year as 

 long as both parties agree. 



This leasing arrangement is known as a stock-share plan. The parties to 

 this contract shall be partners * and will cooperate fully according to the terms 

 of this lease, in order that each may receive the largest returns consistent 

 with a practical system of cropping and soil management which shall maintain 

 and even increase the fertility of the land, with the purpose that this farm 

 shall not decrease in productiveness and value. 



The type of farming, as agreed upon, is live stock and . The plan is to 



feed most of the crops on the farm, depending upon the sale of live stock and 

 dairy products as the principal source of income. 



(Here state as fully as desired the kind and number of live stock to be kept 

 on the farm ; also the plans for crop rotation and soil fertilization. ) 



The following shall be furnished and shared by : 



The first party will furnish above-described farm, including the improve- 

 ments thereon, and shall pay all taxes and insurance on said property. He 

 shall furnish material needed for repairs and improvements, and shall build 

 new permanent fences and make other permanent improvements as required, 

 and shall furnish all phosphates and limestone fertilizers required on said 

 farm. He shall pay stallion-service fees on mares owned by lessee ; colts to 

 be owned in common. 



The second party shall furnish all horses (not to exceed ), harness, 



implements, farm machinery, and labor necessary to do all work required to 

 properly conduct this farming business as described in this agreement. He 

 shall make all repairs and improvements where skilled labor is not required, 



except as herein specified. He shall haul, from railroad station or 



source of supply, all material for repairing buildings and fences, which may be 



needed in the operation of said farm. He shall haul from railroad 



station or source of supply and spread on the land limestone, phosphate, 



and other fertilizers purchased by lessor for use on said farm. He shall deliver 



to market all produce from the farm free of cost to lessor. Lessee 



agrees to operate said farm in a workmanlike manner, and to do the necessary 

 work in good season and to care for the crops and live stock properly, pre- 

 venting all unnecessary waste or loss or damage to lessor's property. He fur- 

 ther agrees that he will not burn any cornstalks, straw, or other vegetable 

 matter grown upon said farm, but that all this material shall be spread upon 

 the land as manure. 



Lessee may have potatoes and garden truck and such fruit as the farm affords, 

 milk, poultry, and eggs, for family use only. 



Lessor and lessee shall furnish jointly all seed grain, grass seed, clover, and 

 alfalfa seed sown on said farm during the period of this lease; also all live 

 stock other than work horses, and feed, including hired pasture, if such be- 

 comes necessary, for the same, including lessee's horses. They shall furnish 

 binder twine and all fuel for tank heater, thrashing, corn shredding, silage 

 cutting, hay baling, corn shelling, clover hulling, veterinary fees, and stallion 

 service fees on mares owned in common. Each party shall pay one-half of all 

 taxes and insurance on all personal property owned in common. 



They shall share equally in all the proceeds from the sale of live stock, 

 poultry, grain, and other produce raised on said farm. Milk and cream checks 

 shall be divided by purchaser. The butter used by either party shall be taken 

 out of his share. Each party may gather and keep his own share of fruit. 

 Buying and selling of materials, live stock, and other farm produce shall be 

 left largely with the lessee, but all sales and purchases of more than $ 



*This agreement is not a legal partnership. 



