32 BULLETIN" 853, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
mines or limestone quarries, or from miners living on small tracts of 
land, or from men owning small tracts and doing very little farming. 
The crops most commonly put in on shares were small grains. 
The division of the crop and expenses varies greatly. A division that 
is quite common is for the renter to get two-thirds of the crop, he pay- 
ing two-thirds of the thrashing, and fertilizer bill and furnishing all 
the seed. In other cases he pays all the fertilizer and two-thirds of 
the thrashing expense. 
Where the renter gets one-half of the crop, quite commonly he pays 
all the thrashing bill and the owner furnishes all the seed and pays 
the fertilizer expense. 
Where additional hay land is rented, the renter usually gets from 
one-third to three-fourths of the crop harvested, depending upon the 
quality and yield and the ease of harvesting. Though only a small 
amount of corn land was rented out, the renter of such land usually 
paid for one-half of the fertilizer, did all the work, and received one- 
half of the grain and stover. 
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