6 BULLETIN 411^ U. S. BEPARTMEISTT OF AGRICTTLTUEE. 



labor, while the landlord furnishes the use ol the land and buildings, 

 the commercial fertilizer and manure, and meets a part of some other 

 expenses. The landlord receives a half of the grain produced and a 

 half of the proceeds from sales of truck and other crops, but the tenant 

 has all the receipts from live stock and Hve-stock products. 



The sales of truck crops are divided equally on all farms. Where 

 there was a field of asparagus the landlord in a few cases reserved this 

 crop, furnishing the labor for it and securing all of the income. 



Field corn was grown by 82 of the 90 half-crop tenants. Most of 

 these tenants had a half of the com, several had two-thirds, and 18" 

 had all. On many farms the entire corn crop was insufiicient to feed 

 the few animals kept, so that the tenant seldom had any corn to sell. 

 The landlord's share, where a share is reserved as rent, was some- 

 times sold to the tenant. The straw, com fodder, and hay are kept 

 on the farm and utilized by the tenant, who is encouraged by the 

 landlord to make as much farm manure as possible. Not infre- 

 quently, when the hay or bedding produced on the place is insufficient 

 for the tenant's stock, more is bought for him by the landlord. Where 

 there is surplus hay to sell, as there was on eight farms, the proceeds 

 are divided equally. On six farms the landlord required, as part of 

 the rent, a share of the hay, but in only two cases as much as half . 

 Of nontruck crops, including corn, com fodder, wheat, straw, hay, 

 and marsh hay, an average of $635 worth was produced on each farm, 

 of which only $148 worth was sold, the landlord selling $131 worth. 



On the 90 farms growing early truck crops the use of large quan- 

 tities of manure is imperative, because of the fight, sandy nature of, 

 the soil,' which responds quickly to the appfication of manure, but 

 quite as quickly loses its fertifity. As but fittle five stock is kept on 

 these farms, most of the manure used must be purchased. Conuner- 

 cial f ertifizer was purchased on all these farms, and stable manure on 

 aU but three. The landlord in every case paid all the cost of the 

 stable manure, which averaged $385 per farm on the 87 farms purchas- 

 ing manure. The landlord paid the cost of all commercial fertifizer 

 on 75 farms and a half or more on the other 15 farms. 



It is often not practicable for the tenant to grow sufficient feed on 

 the farm to provide for the needs of the stock kept, because of the 

 necessity of devoting much of the small acreage to truck crops and 

 because of the fight nature of the soil and the resultant low yields of 

 field crops. Grain bought is paid for by the tenant, since he has all 

 of the income from stock. Hay or marsh grass for feeding, bedding, 

 or fitter purposes was purchased for their tenants by 41 landlords at 

 an average cost of $75. 



In Table IV is shown the variation as to practice in the sharing of 

 the principal expenses. It will be seen that the landlord very fre- 

 quently pays more than half of the cost of purchased fertifity. 



