18 BULLETIN 650, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
CRATES, HAMPERS, BASKETS, BARRELS, BOXES, BAGS, ETC. 
Expenses for all of these articles are usually borne equally. Bags 
for grain may be supplied in proportion to the share of the crop 
received by each party. The tenant may provide one-half or all of - 
' the baskets for tomatoes. Bags for onions may be equally shared, 
- but in some cases the purchaser pays for them. On other farms the 
landlord may provide all crates for onions and all barrels for apples, 
or may furnish a part of them in proportion to his share of the crop. 
GINNING, THRASHING, TWINE, FUEL, AND OIL. 
The share cropper on cotton farms usually pays one-half the 
expense of ginning, and share renters pay their proportionate share 
of ginning (two-thirds or three-fourths), while the landlord usually 
provides the fuel. On grain, dairy, stock, and general farms through- 
out the country the cost of thrashing, twine, fuel, and oil is either 
shared equally or the landlord provides all or the tenant all. In 
still other cases the thrashing expense is shared equally while the 
tenant pays for the twine. Or, finally, the thrashing expense may be 
shared in proportion to the tenant’s and landlord’s shares of. grain. 
SILO FILLING, SHREDDING, AND BALING. 
Expenses for these operations are commonly shared equally. Iu 
some cases, however, the tenant pays for all of them, while very 
frequently the baling expense is shared in proportion to the shares 
of the hay. 
MILK CANS, MILK HAULING, AND MARKETING CROPS. 
On dairy farms the tenant provides all or the larger share, or 
one-half of the milk cans, according to local custom. In Illinois 
the tenant furnishes one-half or more of the cans, while in Wisconsin 
he provides all of the cans. The tenant nearly always bears the 
expenses of hauling milk. Leases nearly always contain a clause 
on the method of sale and marketing of partnership crops and on 
the delivery of the landlord’s share of the crops. A division of crops 
may be made at the farm, after which the landlord’s share of the 
crops may be stored in a crib, granary, or barn. In other cases the 
_ tenant may be required to deliver the landlord’s share to his home, 
elevator, railroad station, or to any point within a specified distance 
at the discretion of the landlord. On Kansas grain farms the°land- 
lord may receive one-third of the grain at the farm or only one- 
fourth if delivered by the tenant to the railroad station 10 miles 
distant. Again in Indiana the landlord may receive one-half of the 
potatoes in the field or one-third “in the bushel” at the tenant’s 
