10 BULLETIN 411, U. S. DEPARTMENT 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 (8745), and the labor employed other than that of the 
tenant ($1,630) was about twice as much as on the average farm 
($884) . This tenant had no family labor to assist him and had to hire 
all 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 (SI, 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 lived 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 live-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 all 
except one, on which farm he had the entire crop, as he had seeded 
the wheat before the tenant came on the farm. Field corn was grown 
on all of the 96 farms of this group, the landlord receiving half of the 
crop on all 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 part 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 feedable 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 farming 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 fertility 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 $19. All other expense for roughage as well as for con- 
centrated feeds on these farms was paid by the tenant. 
