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renter more than four and one-half times as great where the yield 

 was high as where it was low. 



The situation is reversed as regards the interest on the landlord's 

 investment. The rate on share croppers' holdings was nearly three 

 times as great where the yield was a bale or more as where it was 

 under 0.6 of a bale, on share renters' holdings it was one and three- 

 fourths times as great and on cash renters' it was about one and 

 one-fifth times as great. 



Thus, while the landlord is interested in good yields for his tenantj 

 no matter what the nature of his contract, the landlord gains a great 

 deal more by higher yields in the case of share croppers than he does 

 in the case of share renters or of cash renters. 



The landlord, it will be observed, has a greater object to serve by 

 keeping a close supervision over his share croppers, and, furthermore, 

 his supervision is the more necessary for this class of tenants, inas- 

 much as they themselves are not so greatly benefited by a higher 

 yield as are the other types of tenants. 



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