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BULLETIN 603, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
the three Illinois farms having part pure-bred cows, the land was 
valued particularly high and the business was comparatively smaller. 
For these reasons, the percentage on the landlord's investment ap- 
pears low in the table. However, the labor income in- the Wisconsin 
area rises from $234, on farms where mixed-grade cows are kept, 
gradually to $1,368 where all the cows are pure bred; and in the 
Illinois area also it rises from $989 on farms where' the cows are of 
mixed grade to $1,059 on farms where the cows- are part pure bred. 
This shows definitely that the introduction of pure blood into the 
herd increases the profit of the tenant. In the Wisconsin area the 
landlord's percentage on his investment rises from 2.8 on the farms 
where the cows are of mixed grade, through 3.6 where they are grade 
Holsteins, and 5 where they are part pure bred, to 5.7 per cent 
where they are all pure-bred Holsteins. For the reason stated above, 
no conclusion can be drawn concerning the profitableness to the land- 
lord of maintaining pure-bred herds in the Illinois region, but it is 
evident that on the farms in question the raising of pure-bred cows 
was more profitable in the Wisconsin group than in that of Illinois. 
INFLUENCE OF THE SHORT AND LONG TERM LEASE ON LENGTH OF TENURE. 
With a view of exhibiting the effects of the short and of the long 
term lease on the length of individual tenure, Table X was pre- 
pared. 
Table X. — Relation of sJwi't- and long-term leases to length of tenure. 
Years in lease period. 
Item. 
84 Wisconsin 
farms. 
59 Illinois farms. 
1 
2 
3 
1 2 
3 5 
Number of farms 
Number of farms, averaged 
Years on this farm 
64 
64 
4.2 
6 
2C 
14 
.2 
37 ! 1 
38 
7 
13 1 8 
21 
4.4 
It is seen from the table that in both groups the average length 
of time the tenant has been on the farm is longer on farms with 
short-term leases than it is on farms with long-term leases. 
In the Wisconsin group tenants with 1-year leases had been on the 
farm an average of 4.2 years, while those with longer-term leases 
had been on the farm an average of only 2.2 years. Likewise, in the 
Illinois group tenants with short-term leases had been on their 
farms an average of 7 years, while those with long-term leases had 
been on their farms an average of but 4.4 years. 
