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BULLETIN 603, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



the three Illinois farms having part pure-bred cows, the land was 

 valued particularly high and the business was comparatively smaller. 

 For these reasons, the percentage on the landlord's investment ap- 

 pears low in the table. However, the labor income in- the Wisconsin 

 area rises from $234, on farms where mixed-grade cows are kept, 

 gradually to $1,368 where all the cows are pure bred; and in the 

 Illinois area also it rises from $989 on farms where' the cows are of 

 mixed grade to $1,059 on farms where the cows are part pure bred. 

 This shows definitely that the introduction of pure blood into the 

 herd increases the profit of the tenant. In the Wisconsin area the 

 landlord's percentage on his investment rises from 2.8 on the farms 

 where the cows are of mixed grade, through 3.6 where they are grade 

 Holsteins, and 5 where they are part pure bred, to 5.7 per cent 

 where they are all pure-brecl Holsteins. For the reason stated above, 

 no conclusion can be drawn concerning the profitableness to the land- 

 lord of maintaining pure-bred herds in the Illinois region, but it is 

 evident that on the farms in question the raising of pure-bred cows 

 was more profitable in the Wisconsin group than in that of Illinois. 



INFLUENCE OF THE SHORT AND LONG TERM LEASE ON LENGTH OF TENURE. 



With a view of exhibiting the effects of the short and of the long 

 term lease on the length of individual tenure, Table X was pre- 

 pared. 



Table X. — Relation of short- and long-term leases to length of tenure. 





Years in lease period. 



Item. 



84 Wisconsin 

 farms. 



59 Illinois farms. 



\ 



1 



• 2 



3 



1 



2 



i 1 •- 

 3 | o 





64 

 64 

 4.2 



6 



14 



37 



1 



13 1 8 





20 



2 2 



38 

 7 



21 





4.4 















It is seen from the table that in both groups the average length 

 of time the tenant has been on the farm is longer on farms with 

 short-term leases than it is on farms with long-term leases. 



In the Wisconsin group tenants with 1-year leases had been on the 

 farm an average of 4.2 years, while those with longer-term leases 

 had been on the farm an average of only 2.2 years. Likewise, in the 

 Illinois group tenants with short-term leases had been on their 

 farms an average of 7 years, while those with long-term leases had 

 been on their farms an average of but 4.4 years. 



