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renter more than four and one-half times as great where the yield 
was high as where it was low. 
The situation is reversed as regards the interest on the landlord’s 
investment. ‘The rate on share croppers’ holdings was nearly three 
times as great where the yield was a bale or more as where it was 
under 0.6 of a bale, on share renters’ holdings it was one and three- 
fourths times as great and on cash renters’ it was about one and 
one-fifth times as great. 
Thus, while the landlord is interested in good yields for his tenant, 
no matter what the nature of his contract, the landlord gains a great 
deal more by higher yields in the case of share croppers than he does 
in the case of share renters or of cash renters. 
The landlord, it will be observed, has a greater object to serve by 
keeping a close supervision over his share croppers, and, furthermore, 
his supervision is the more necessary for this class of tenants, inas- 
much as they themselves are not so greatly benefited by a higher 
yield as are the other types of tenants. 
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