RENT CONTRACTS IN THE WHEAT BELT. 7 
hay land on the farm. Pasture was sometimes free to the tenant, 
but in many cases was paid for in cash. Sometimes the farm pasture 
was used in common by both landlord and tenant, and in some cases 
there was no pasture. 
MINOR FACTORS CONCERNED IN RENTING OF FARMS. 
Several minor factors not heretofore emphasized but exerting an 
important influence in the relation of landlord to tenant are con- 
cerned in the renting of farms. Among these are the terms for 
securing pasture and hay lands by the tenant, the distance from the 
farm to market, the value of the land, and the value of the farm 
buildings. 
HOW THE TENANT OBTAINS PASTURE ON SHARE-RENTED FARMS. 
In the localities in which this investigation was made tenants 
obtain pasture on share-rented farms in several ways, as can be seen 
from Table II. 
Table II. — Comparison of terms of renting pasture lands. 
Average 
cash 
rent per 
acre for 
pasture. 
Methods of procuring pasture. 
Locality. 
Pasture 
free. 
Pasture 
used in 
common. 
Cash rent 
paid for 
pasture. 
Farms 
without 
pasture. 
Total. 
Kansas: Barton County 
$1.25 
2.60 
2.20 
.92 
2.38 
Per cent. 
40 
7 
26 
35 
7 
Per cent. 
8 
3 
11 
10 
7 
Per cent. 
34 
80 
48 
/ 5 
\ a 30 
f 75 
\ ad 
Per cent. 
18 
10 
15 
} 20 
} 8 
Per cent. 
100 
Nebraska: Clay County 
100 
South Dakota: Spink County 
100 
100 
Minnesota: Renville County 
100 
a These percentages of the tenants in the North Dakota and Minnesota areas secured pasture in return for 
working out the farm road tax. 
Much of the pasture in all the areas visited was free to the 
tenant, but in a large percentage of cases the pasture was either paid 
for in cash or the tenant worked the farm road tax for it. Relatively 
more farms were without pasture in the counties visited in North 
Dakota and Kansas than in the other areas. This lack of pasture 
may have influenced the landlords to give the tenants in these States 
a few acres for forage crops free of rent, as this was done more fre- 
quently here than in other areas visited. 
HOW TENANTS OBTAIN HAY LAND ON SHARE-RENTED FARMS. 
Some tenants in each of these localities procure their hay land free 
of charge, others rent for cash, and still others on shares. Table III 
shows the comparative methods of renting hay land and the price 
per acre where cash is paid. 
