RENT CONTRACTS IN THE WHEAT BELT. 5 



own expense. On 14 per cent of the South Dakota share-rented 

 farms corn land is paid for in cash at from $2 to $3 per acre, and on 

 2 per cent of them the tenant has corn land free. 



On about two-thirds of the farms renting for one-half share in the 

 North Dakota area, the landlord receives his half of the small grain 

 on the farm or pays for its delivery, and on one-third of them the 

 tenant delivers the grain free of charge to the landlord. In the 

 North Dakota area where land is rented for a share of the crop, the 

 tenant is usually given land free for millet or an intertilled crop, 

 in lieu of summer fallow. 



On half of the half-share rented farms visited in the Minnesota 

 area the grain is delivered at the elevator, and on the other half it 

 is either delivered on the farm or the landlord pays for its delivery. 

 In the Minnesota area, most of the landlords receive but one-third 

 of the corn, or the tenant pays cash for corn land at the rate of from 

 $3 to $4 per acre. Here, also, instead of sharing the thrashing ma- 

 chine bill equally, the cost per bushel is sometimes shared so that 

 the landlord pays one cent per bushel less than the tenant pays. 



TWO-FIFTHS SHARE. 



If the landlord receives two-fifths of the crop, both landlord and 

 tenant contribute the same as under the system in which he receives 

 one-third, although instead of getting one- third of the crop delivered, 

 he gets two-fifths of it delivered. It will be noted from Table I 

 that none of the farms visited in North or South Dakota are rented 

 under this system. 



The only exception found to the custom of delivering the land- 

 lord's grain in the case of any of the farms renting for two-fifths share 

 that were visited, was in one instance in Minnesota, where the land- 

 lord received his corn on the farm. 



ONE-HALF SHARE OF BOTH CROPS AND STOCK. 



When the crops and stock are divided equally between the landlord 

 and tenant, the landlord, in addition to what he contributes under 

 the system in which he receives one-third, owns half the productive 

 stock except poultry, and bears half the general farm expenses 

 except those for labor and repairs to machinery; while the tenant 

 supplies all the labor, owns all the work stock and farm machinery, 

 keeps the machinery in repair, and owns half the productive stock. 

 Under this system each of the contracting parties gets one-half of 

 all farm sales except those from poultry or work stock, all of which 

 go to the tenant. When farms are rented for a share of crops and 

 stock, the lease provides whether the tenant's work stock may or 

 may not be fed from the grain and hay owned in common and fed 

 to the other stock. 



