UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BULLETIN No. 650 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 



W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



February 26, 1918 



LEASE CONTRACTS USED IN 

 RENTING FARMS ON SHARES 



A STUDY OF THE DISTRIBUTION "OF INVESTMENTS, EXPENSES 

 AND INCOMES BETWEEN LANDLORD AND TENANT 



By 



E. V. WILCOX, Agriculturist 



CONTENTS 





Page 











Methods of Sharing Crops and 



Stock 



















Methods of Sharing Expenses . 



. . . 17 



Unexhausted Value, of Fertilizers 



... 20 











Page 



Restrictions 22 



Supervision by the Landlord 22 



Good Husbandry 22 



Advances to Tenant . 23 



General Systems of Share Leasing . . 23 



Sample Stock-Share Lease 24 



Assumptions Underlying Lease Con- 

 tracts 28 



Suggestions Toward a Rational Lease 



Contract 33 



Status of the Tenant 36 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



