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BULLETIN 8*74, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Ill the State of Iowa net rent from farms tends to be less than 

 5 per cent on the average value of farm land and improvements. 

 Data concerning rents were obtained for 238 farms in 49 Iowa 

 counties, 1 and these data are summarized in Table 14. 



Table XIV. — Average rentals on 238 Iowa farms, 1918; percentage of average net rentals 

 to average value of farm land and improvements, Mar. 1, 1918, and Mar. 1, 1919. 



A v r »ge gross rent per acre 



Average net rent per acre 



Average value of land and improvements per acre: 



Mar.1,1918 



Mar. 1,1919 



l J er cent of average net rent, 1918, to average value of land and 

 improvements: 



Mar.1,1918 



Mar. 1,1919 



Number of farms 



Cash. 



S6.37 

 $4.72 



$181. 30 

 S207. 61 



2.71 



2.35 



145 



Share 

 cash. 



$11.84 

 $9.51 



$206. 22 

 $236. 19 



4.96 



4.33 



79 



Share. 



$12. 28 

 810. 21 



$204. 64 

 $228. 57 



5.29 



4.73 



14 



All 

 farms. 



$8.53 

 $6.63 



$190. 94 

 $218. 33 



3.47 



3.03 



238 



As shown by Table XIV, the percentage of net rent is less than 

 5 in all systems of renting except in the case of the percentage of 

 stock share rentals to land values of 1918, and that in a year when 

 crop conditions and prices in the State were favorable to substantial 

 returns under the share systems of renting. 2 



Table XV. — Operators' labor income. 

 TAMA DISTRICT. 



Tenure. 



Number of 

 farms. 



Operators' labor 

 income. 



Operators' labor 

 income per acre. 





1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



1913 



191S 





308 

 154 

 503 



84 

 28 

 97 



$253 



961 



1,315 



$1, 166 

 2,129 

 3,053 



$1.35 

 3.99 

 6.32 



$5.28 





10.26 





13.72 







WARREN DISTRICT. 





1915 



1918 



1915 



1918 



1915 



1918 





345 



190 

 297 



84 

 43 

 56 



$212 

 548 



725 



$506 



1,012 



819 



$1.43 

 3.34 

 4.53 



$2.86 





5.21 





4.78 







If, in calculating the labor incomes of tenants and owners addi- 

 tional, the actual rent of leased land be deducted, instead of 5 per 

 cent on the value of the land, the result may be quite different from 

 that obtained in calculating farm labor incomes by deducting 5 per 

 cent on the value of all capital. In Table XV, tenants are charged 



1 These data are additional to those obtained for the two areas selected for intensive study. 



2 A survey of 114 farms in 1912 showed an average percentage of return to landlords of 3.7 for all farms, 

 4.1 for stock share leases, 2.3 for cash leases, and 4.1 lor share cash leases. — Farm Leases in Iowa by O. G. 

 Lloyd, Bulletin 159, Iowa Experiment Station. 



