6 BULLETIN 850, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
On the farms visited no exceptions were found to the method of 
renting for half share of crop and stock, as outlined here. 
TWO-THIRDS SHARE. 
Under the renting system, according to which the landlord receives 
two-thirds of the crops and which, as will be seen from Table I, 
was found only on a few farms in Kansas, the landlord furnishes 
everything but the man labor, that being the tenant's only con- 
tribution. Under this system the tenant receives one-third of the 
grain only, while the landlord receives two-thirds of the proceeds from 
the sale of grain and all proceeds from the sale of stock. 
THE CASH-RENT SYSTEM. 
A few of the farms in each locality, except in the North Dakota 
area, were found to be rented for cash. In the Kansas area a quarter 
section rented for from $500 to $600 cash per year. On cash-rented 
farms with considerable alfalfa the tenants were satisfied, but on 
the farms without this crop they intended to give up their leases. 
In the Nebraska area the average price paid for cash-rented farms 
was $3.67 per acre, including crop land, farmstead, hay, pasture, 
and waste. In the South Dakota area a few farms were found 
renting for cash at from $1.50 to $3 per acre for the entire farm, and 
in the Minnesota area 15 per cent of the tenant farmers paid cash 
rent. The rent there varied from $2 to $6.25 per acre for the entire 
farm. 
CONDITIONS OCCURRING IN ALL SYSTEMS. 
In general, under all of these systems of renting the landlord 
furnishes land, buildings, and grass seed, and pays the real-estate 
tax. He also supplies material for the repair of buildings and 
fences, and usually employs any skilled labor needed for making 
repairs. In all of these localities, however, land was frequently 
rented without buildings, and on some of the Nebraska farms visited 
the tenant owned all the farm structures and fences except the 
dwelling, the barn, and the windmill. On the share-rented farms 
visited in the Nebraska area the tenant sometimes paid a part or all 
of the real-estate tax. 
Under all of these share-rent systems, except the one according to 
which both crop and stock receipts are divided and the landlord gets 
two-thirds of the crop, all productive stock is owned by the tenant, 
who gets all the income derived therefrom. However, the amount 
of such stock is too frequently limited by his acreage of pasture and 
hay land, by the amount of corn or rough feed he is allowed to grow, 
and by the shelter that is provided for such stock. 
On the share-rented farms the use of hay land was usually paid 
for in cash, but was sometimes given free to the tenant; frequently it 
was rented for a share of the crop, and in some cases there was no 
