4 BULLETIN 850, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXCEPTIONS. 



In the southeastern part of Clay County, Nebr., if the landlord 

 receives one-third of the crop the tenant sometimes pays all or a 

 part of the real estate tax. On these farms the tenant usually owns 

 all the farm fences and structures except the dwelling, barn, and 

 wind mill, and must keep them in repair at his own expense. When 

 such tenants move, they may remove their fences and structures 

 or sell them to the incoming tenants. On these farms pasture and 

 hay land are usually rented at a lower cash value than on other one- 

 third share rented farms. In a few of these cases the landlord receives 

 two-fifths of the corn and one-third of the other crops. 



In Spink County, S. Dak., under this system the corn is frequently 

 taken by the landlord at the farm. On 60 per cent of the farms 

 rented for one-third share visited in Barnes County, N. Dak., the 

 tenant delivered the grain at the elevator, and on 40 per cent of 

 them the landlord received it on the farm or paid the tenant for 

 its delivery. On 90 per cent of the farms renting for one-third 

 share that were visited in Renville County, Minn., the tenant deliv- 

 ered the landlord's part of the grain at the elevator, and on 10 per 

 cent of them the landlord either received it on the farm or paid the 

 tenant for hauling it to the elevator. On all of the farms rented 

 for one-third share visited in North Dakota the tenant secured 

 land free of charge, in lieu of summer fallow, for an intertilled crop 

 such as corn or potatoes and also for millet. 



ONE-HALF SHARE. 



When the tenant gives half the crop as rent, the landlord, in addi- 

 tion to what he furnishes under the one-third share system, sup- 

 plies all the small grain seed, pays half the thrashing machine bill 

 and sometimes pays for half the twine, and receives half the small 

 grain delivered at the elevators. The tenant's obligations under 

 this system differ from those under which he gives one-third only 

 in regard to the supply of grain seed and to the thrashing and twine 

 bills. Where land is rented for half the wheat, corn ground and 

 sometimes ground for other grain is farmed for one-third of the 

 crop, delivered. 



EXCEPTIONS. 



On the farms visited in Barton County, Kans., which rented for 

 a half share, the spring crops, generally of comparatively small 

 acreage, were usually produced on the one-third share rent basis. 

 In Spink County, S. D., where the chief crop is wheat, the small 

 acreage in corn is divided on the one-third and two-thirds basis, 

 and the landlord gets his part of the crop in the crib, though the 

 landlord may get half the corn crop by gathering the half at his 



