RENT CONTRACTS IN THE WHEAT BELT. 7 



hay land on the farm. Pasture was sometimes free to the tenant, 

 but in many cases was paid for in cash. Sometimes the farm pasture 

 was used in common by both landlord and tenant, and in some cases 

 there was no pasture. 



MINOR FACTORS CONCERNED IN RENTING OF FARMS. 



Several minor factors not heretofore emphasized but exerting an 

 important influence in the relation of landlord to tenant are con- 

 cerned in the renting of farms. Among these are the terms for 

 securing pasture and hay lands by the tenant, the distance from the 

 farm to market, the value of the land, and the value of the farm 

 buildings. 



HOW THE TENANT OBTAINS PASTURE ON SHARE-RENTED FARMS. 



In the localities in which this investigation was made tenants 

 obtain pasture on share-rented farms in several ways, as can be seen 

 from Table II. 



Table II. — -Comparison of terms of renting jjasture lands. 



Locality, 



Average 



cash 

 rent per 

 acre for 

 pasture. 



Methods of procuring pasture. 



Pasture 

 free. 



Pasture 

 used in 

 common. 



Cash rent 

 paid for 

 pasture. 



Farms 

 without 

 pasture. 



Total. 



Kansas: Barton County 



Nebraska: Clay County 



South Dakota: Spink County. 



North Dakota: Barnes County 

 Minnesota: Renville County . . 



SI. 25 

 2.60 

 2.20 



.92 

 2.38 



Per cent. 



40 



7 



26 



Per cent. 

 8 

 3 

 11 



10 



7 



Per cent. 

 34 

 80 

 48 

 5 

 a 30 

 75 

 o3 



Per cent. 

 18 

 10 

 15 



20 



Per cent. 

 100 

 100 

 100 



100 

 100 



a These percentages of the tenants in the North Dakota and Minnesota areas secured pasture in return for 

 working out the farm road tax. 



Much of the pasture in all the areas visited was free to the 

 tenant, but in a large percentage of cases the pasture was either paid 

 for in cash or the tenant worked the farm road tax for it. Relatively 

 more farms were without pasture in the counties visited in North 

 Dakota and Kansas than in the other areas. This lack of pasture 

 may have influenced the landlords to give the tenants in these States 

 a few acres for forage crops free of rent, as this was done more fre- 

 quently here than in other areas visited. 



HOW TENANTS OBTAIN HAY LAND ON SHARE-RENTED FARMS. 



Some tenants in each of these localities procure their hay land free 

 of charge, others rent for cash, and still others on shares. Table III 

 shows the comparative methods of renting hay land and the price 

 per acre where cash is paid. 



