RENTING TEUCK FARMS IN NEW JEESEY. 



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In Table YII is sho^\T:i the variation as to practice in the sharing of 

 some of the more important expenses. 



Table VII. — Variation in practice as to sharing of expenses on 96 Nexo Jersey late-truck 

 farms rented for half the a'ops. 



'' 



Number of farms. 



Items of expense. 



Having 

 no 

 such 

 ex- 

 pense. 



Method of sharing expense. 





Land- 

 lord all. 



Half 

 and 

 half. 



Tenant 

 all. 



Other methods. 



Feed and roughage 



1 



5 

 9 

 43 







88 



i' 



Landlord furnishes all roughage on 7 

 farms. 





i" 



1 



21 

 1 



1 



91 



86 

 51 

 76 









Tenant 40 per cent, 1 farm. 



Tenant 33 per cent on 8 farms. Tenant 

 33 per cent in the row and 50 per cent 

 of other on 1 farm. Tenant 50 per 

 cent in the row only on 9 farms. 

 Tenant 16 per cent, 1 farm. 



Fertilizer 



Manure 



75 

 6 



8 





42 

 63 



46 

 24 

 96 

 94 



1 



Tenant 60 per cent, 1 farm. 





Tool and stock maintenance . 





Labor 









Landlord pays a part of the cost of 

 picking, 2 farms. 







20 

 96 



69 



Rliilding TTifiiTit.p.Tianpe 





A few minor exceptions. 











Purchased stable manm^e was used on 21 farms at an average cost 

 of 8135, all of which was paid by the landlord. Commercial ferti- 

 lizer was bought on all 96 farms, but some variation was observed 

 in the sharing of its cost. On 76 farms each paid half of the cost 

 of all commercial fertilizer and on the other farms the landlord 

 paid more than half of the cost but on only one farm did he pay 

 the entire cost. On this farm a number of special truck crops were 

 grown. 



The landlord, as a rule, paid half the cost of seed, which was 

 chiefly seed white potatoes, for, as on the early-truck farms, it is 

 not the general practice to grow seed potatoes. Tomato and grain 

 seeds are saved each year. The truck crops grown are not such as 

 require starting in hotbeds. 



The tenant pays all cost of picking tomatoes for the cannery, which 

 is usually done by the regular help of the farm with but little of the 

 outside piecework that is employed on farms growing early truck. 

 Half of the tenants furnished all of the baskets used for picking and 

 gathering crops, while on almost all of the other farms the landlord 

 paid half of the cost of these baskets. It is unusual for truck crops 

 to be sole] in packages from these farms. 



Of the 96 tenants, one paid all, 69 paid half, 6 paid less than half, 

 and the other 20 paid none c)f the real-estate tax. 



In Table VIII are given the average amounts of the different items 

 of receipts and expenses on the 96 fanns in question. 



