CONTRACTS USED IN RENTING FARMS ON SHARES. 9 
mon method of sharing this crop, but a considerable variation is 
noted in the conditions mentioned in leases, particularly in Ken- 
tucky, Ohio,’ Tennessee, and Virginia. On a number of Kentucky 
farms where the tenant furnishes all tools, work stock, and general 
seed, he receives two-thirds of the tobacco. Under this arrangement 
the expenses for fertilizer and fuel are usually shared. proportion- 
ally to the division of the crop. In some instances, however, the land- 
lord may bear one-half of the cost of baling the tobacco and receive 
one-half of the crop. On general farms in Ohio where tobacco is an 
important enterprise the tenant may furnish tools and work horses 
and receive four-sevenths of the tobacco, or the landowner may sup- 
ply one-half of the seed and receive two-fifths of the tobacco. On cer- 
tain Tennessee tobacco farms where the landlord provides all tools, 
mules, feed, and one-half of the fertilizer and spraying material, the 
tobacco is divided half-and-half. The same condition prevails in 
Virginia. When, on the other hand, the tenant supplies all tools, 
mules, feed, and seed, and pays for three-fourths of the fertilizer, he 
receives also three-fourths of the tobacco. 
Flax.—F lax is frequently an important crop on tenant farms in 
North Dakota. On such farms the tenant commonly supplhes the 
vorses and tools, while the landowner provides all seed. Other ex- 
penses, including plowing, are commonly shared equally. Under 
these conditions the landlord receives one-half of the flax. 
Hops.—tIn farm leases in New York in which the division of hops 
is mentioned, the tenant is usually required to furnish the tools and 
horses, while the landlord supplies all poles required for the growth 
of the crop. Other expenses, including sulphur, and labor for pick- 
ing the hops, are shared equally and the crop is divided half-and- 
half. 
ORCHARD FRUITS. 
Fruit in general—On farms on which fruit is not an important 
enterprise the lease contract often specifies a certain division of the 
fruit as a whole without mention of the kind of fruit. In some cases 
the landlord pays a horticulturist to teach the tenant how to prune 
and spray. The cost of spraying materials is usually shared in pro- 
portion to the division of the crop. Almost universally, under these 
conditions, the fruit is divided equally. 
| ieereray stock.—An Indiana farm was leased under a panel 
arrangement for growing all kinds of nursery stock, including apple, 
peach, plum, pear, cherry, raspberry, blackberry, shrubbery, etc. 
The period of the lease was eight years. Under this arrangement the 
landlord received one-half of the wholesale price OF pul nursery 
1[In a group of 28 Ohio farms the landlord’s share of the tobacco is two-fifths on 
16 and one-half on 12 farms. 
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