10 BULLETIN 411, r. S. DEPABTMEKT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The expense of the landlord for commercial fertilizer and stable 

 manure (.$1,800) for this farm was more than twice as great as on the 

 average farm (SY4o), and the labor employed other than that of the 

 tenant ($1,630) was about twice as much as on the average farm 

 (S884) . This'tenant had no family labor to assist him and had to hire 

 aU the work he did not do himself. The interest on real estate (23.7 

 per cent) was high, and the labor income of the tenant ($1,969), 

 while exceeded by that of a few tenants, was more than nine times 

 as great as that received by the average tenant of the group. The 

 landlord Hved close to the farm, and both he and the tenant were 

 capable, energetic men. 



LATE-TRUCK FARMS LET FOR HALF OF THE CROPS. 



On the late-truck farms, as on the early-truck farms let for half of 

 the crops, the tenant furnishes all of the work stock, productive stock, 

 tools, machinery, and labor, the landlord getting half of the sales of 

 truck crops and half of the other crops, but none of the receipts from 

 live stock and hve-stock products. 



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

 53' farms growing wheat the landlord, received half of the crop on aU 

 except one, on which farm he had the entire crop, as he had seeded 

 the wheat before the tenant came on the farm. Field com was grown 

 on aU of the 96 farms of this group, the landlord receiviag half of the 

 crop on aU of the farms except one, on which the tenant had the entire 

 crop. It is the practice for the tenant to feed all or most of the hay 

 on the farm. From 16 farms the tenant was required to haul a 

 part of the hay crop, in. most cases only a few tons, for the land- 

 lord's own use. Only two landlords required as a pa^rt of the rent as 

 much as one-half of all the hay produced on the farm. Of the 29 

 farms from which hay was sold the landlord received half of the 

 sales on 28, and on the other farm the tenant had all of the income 

 from hay sold that year, inasmuch as he had brought a quantity of 

 hay to the farm when his tenancy began. Most of the f eedable crops 

 produced are used on the farm, but not so large a proportion as on 

 the early-truck farms let for a half of the crops. Of an average total 

 production of nontruck crops, valued at $1,419, there was sold $513 

 worth, of which $417 worth was sold by the landlord. 



On these farms the systems of farniing and the soil are such that 

 the production of nontruck crops is much larger than on the farms 

 growing early truck. The question of purchased fertihty is also of 

 less importance, so that the landlord is not interested enough to 

 pay for hay or marsh grass which the tenant may find it necessary 

 to purchase. On seven farms the landlord contributed for the pur- 

 chase of roughage, consisting mostly of marsh grass, an average 

 amount of 819. All other expense for roughage as well as for con- 

 centrated feeds on these farms was paid by the tenant. 



