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



On the farms visited no exceptions were found to the method of 

 renting for half share of crop and stock, as outlined here. 



TWO-THIRDS SHARE. 



Under the renting system, according to which the landlord receives 

 two-thirds of the crops and which, as will be seen from Table I, 

 was found only on a few farms in Kansas, the landlord furnishes 

 everything but the man labor, that being the tenant's only con- 

 tribution. Under this system the tenant receives one-third of the 

 grain only, while the landlord receives two-thirds of the proceeds from 

 the sale of grain and all proceeds from the sale of stock. 



THE CASH-RENT SYSTEM. 



A few of the farms in each locality, except in the North Dakota 

 area, were found to be rented for cash. In the Kansas area a quarter 

 section rented for from $500 to $600 cash per year. On cash-rented 

 farms with considerable alfalfa the tenants were satisfied, but on 

 the farms without this crop they intended to give up their leases. 



In the Nebraska area the average price paid for cash-rented farms 

 was $3.67 per acre, including crop land, farmstead, hay, pasture, 

 and waste. In the South Dakota area a few farms were found 

 renting for cash at from $1.50 to $3 per acre for the entire farm, and 

 in the Minnesota area 15 per cent of the tenant farmers paid cash 

 rent. The rent there varied from $2 to $6.25 per acre for the entire 

 farm. 



CONDITIONS OCCURRING IN ALL SYSTEMS. 



In general, under all of these systems of renting the landlord 

 furnishes land, buildings, and grass seed, and pays the real-estate 

 tax. He also supplies material for the repair of buildings and 

 fences, and usually employs any skilled labor needed for making 

 repairs. In all of these localities, however, land was frequently 

 rented without buildings, and on some of the Nebraska farms visited 

 the tenant owned all the farm structures and fences except the 

 dwelling, the barn, and the windmill. On the share-rented farms 

 visited in the Nebraska area the tenant sometimes paid a part or all 

 of the real-estate tax. 



Under all of these share-rent systems, except the one according to 

 which both crop and stock receipts are divided and the landlord gets 

 two-thirds of the crop, all productive stock is owned by the tenant, 

 who gets all the income derived therefrom. However, the amount 

 of such stock is too frequently limited by his acreage of pasture and 

 hay land, by the amount of corn or rough feed he is allowed to grow, 

 and by the shelter that is provided for such stock. 



On the share-rented farms the use of hay land was usually paid 

 for in cash, but was sometimes given free to the tenant; frequently it 

 was rented for a share of the crop, and in some cases there was no 



