26 BULLETIN 874, U. S. DEPARTMENT ‘OF AGRICULTURE. 
In the State of Iowa net rent from farms tends to be less than 
5 per cent on the average value of farm land and improvements. 
Data concerning rents were obtained for 238 farms in 49 Iowa 
counties,’ and these data are summarized in Table 14. 
TaBLE XIV.—Averaye rentals on 238 Iowa farms, 1918; percentage of average net rentals 
to average value of farm land and improvements, Mar. 1, 1918, and Mar. 1, 1919. 
Share All 
Cash cash. Share farms. 
sANVeTAge PTOSS TENE PCP ACIC. oq ssa eka. eee ae | See eee $6. 37 $11. 84 $12. 28 $8. 53 
Average net rent per acre se ee ee ee $4. 72 $9. 51 $10. 21 $6. 63 
Average value of land and improvements per acre: 
Marl 1918—.. sso icbase cote = Sane ee oe ee a oe ee $181.30 | $206.22 | $204. 64 $190. 94 
Mar: 1- 1919 22 SoS. Fee cee nee eee eee $207.61 | $236.19 | $228. 57 $218. 33 
Per cent ofav erage net rent, 1918, to average value of land and 
improvements: 
Mars 1, 1918 2. 52 owen ca et lee cece tee eee Jee cee oe PSE 4. 96 5. 29 3.47 
Marit 191G op ssx8. Set Psa ae ese Se eee eee Es eens 2.39 4.33 4.73 3. 03 
Number Onlarms: . soe ...2 sce t sae tee = ce nae ewe eee ae 145 79 14 238 © 
As shown by Table XIV, the percentage of net rent is less than 
5 in all systems of renting except in the case of the percentage of 
stock share rentals to land values of 1918, and that in a year when 
crop conditions and prices in the State were favorable to substantial 
returns under the share systems of renting.? 
TABLE XV.—Operators’ labor income. 
TAMA DISTRICT. 
Number of Operators’ labor Operators’ labor 
farms. income. income per acre. 
Tenure. 
1913 1918 1913 1918 1913 1918 
Ones esas 5 hoe ee ee eee 308 84 $253 $1, 166 $1. 35 $5. 28 
Owners ad dilionals: =2 oa aosc ee eee 154 28 961 2, 129 3.99 10. 26 
Menantseeaee as op Ren eee oceasaseee 503 97 1,315 3, 053 6. 32 13. 72 
WARREN DISTRICT. 
1915 1918 1915 | 1918 1915 1918 
OMMETS! = 22s SS ee a ce ee eee 345 84 $212 $506 $1.43 $2. 86 
Owners additional 2 42s. See eee 190 43 548 1,012 3. 34 5. 21 
Tenants..... SSs05 sasssese35ss0encssoer see" 297 56 725 819 4.53 4.78 
| | | ; 
If, in calculating the labor incomes of tenants and owners addi- 
tional, the actual rent of leased land be deducted, instead of 5 per 
cent on the value of the land, the result may be quite different from 
that obtained in calculating farm labor incomes by deducting 5 per 
cent on the value of all capital. In Table XV, tenants are charged 
1 These data are additional to those obtained for the two areas selected for intensive study. 
2 A survey of 114 farms in 1912 showed an average percentage of return to landlords of 3.7 for all farms, 
4.1 for stock share leases, 2.3 for cash leases, and 4.1 for share cash leases.—Farm Leases in Iowa by O. G. 
Lloyd, Bulletin 159, lowa Experiment Station. 
