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one-half of the cows and other productive stock. A similar custom 
prevails in Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, and 
Washington. 
METHODS OF SHARING EXPENSES. 
A wide variation is seen in different localities in the methods of 
sharing operating expenses. Frequently individual items of expense 
are not strictly shared, but are assigned, some to the landlord and 
some to the tenant, in an attempt to equalize the burden of expense. 
An increasing tendency, however, is seen toward specifying in the © 
lease the fractions of different items of expense to be borne by the 
landlord and tenant. Recently the custom seems to be gaining 
ground of sharing all expenses equally. 
FERTILIZERS. 
Share croppers on cotton farms usually provide one-half of the 
fertilizer, or in some cases the landlord supplies all fertilizer. Share 
renters, on the other hand, furnish three-fourths or two-thirds of the 
fertilizer, according as their share of the cotton is three-fourths or 
two-thirds. On half-share dairy farms and general farms in Dela- 
ware the landlord provides one-half of all of the fertilizer. The land- 
lord almost invariably supplies all lime used on the farm. In Indiana 
and Illinois the landlord commonly provides one-half of the ferti- 
lizer, less often all of it. Similar conditions prevail generally through- 
out the country. The sharing of the cost of fertilizer is often pro- 
portionate to the share of crops. On the other hand, the landlord 
often provides the larger share of the fertilizer, for example, two- 
thirds, three-fifths or three-fourths on half-share rented farms. In 
many instances the landlord provides all of the fertilizer, especially 
in case of an annual lease. On tenant truck farms in New Jersey, for 
example, the landlord furnishes all manure and usually all of the 
commercial fertilizer. 
SEED. 
The farm owner commonly pays for one-half of the seed or plants 
in the case of grain, potatoes, corn, cabbage, cucumbers, and various 
other crops, but all possible methods for dividing the expense of seed 
are in vogue. Fcr example, the landlord frequently supplies all 
grass and clover seed and one-half the other seed, or he may furnish 
all seed, or in some cases the tenant may supply all seed, or finally, 
the landlord may supply all grass seed while the tenant furnishes 
other seed, especially in case of an annual lease where the tenant can 
not expect to derive the full benefit from the use of grass seed. 
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