8 BULLETIN 650, U. S: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
the tenant pays 14 to 24 bales of cotton per mule, but in Alabama 
and other cotton States the rent may be 2 to 3 bales per mule on 
more fertile land. Comparatively few tenants on cotton farms pay 
a fixed amount of money rent. 
Potatoes—Records on 176 New Jersey tenant farms on which 
potatoes are an important crop indicate that the potatoes were shared 
half-and-half on 157 farms on which the tenant furnished work stock, 
machinery, and hired labor, and by some other fraction on 19 farms. 
In New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and throughout the corn 
belt potatoes are commonly shared half-and-half. In the wheat 
States the landowner more commonly receives one-third of the pota- 
toes. In the Greeley potato district of Colorado the common practice 
is for the landlord to receive one-third of the potatoes. In Delaware. 
when the landlord furnishes tools, machinery, work stock, and one- 
half of the potato seed, other expenses being shared equally, the crop 
is divided half-and-half. In a few instances in Indiana the landlord 
accepts as his share one-half of the potatoes in the field before dig- 
ging, or one-third “in the bushel” (dug and measured), at the 
option of the tenant. Frequently, however, the potato crop is shared 
half-and-half “in the bushel.” A common custom in North Dakota 
and elsewhere is for the landlord to furnish one-half of the seed 
potatoes, receiving one-half of the crop. 
Sugar beets—In Michigan, sugar beets are grown extensively by 
farmers who receive instructions from field superintendents em 
ployed by the sugar companies. The required contract labor is com- 
monly secured through the factory manager and is paid for by tha 
farmer. The farmers who grow sugar beets under these conditions 
do the work of blocking, thinning, hoeing, and topping. According 
to records obtained on 100 tenant farms in Colorado on which sugar 
beets are grown, the tenant invariably supphes all tools, feed, work 
stock, and iaber while the landlord pays the water assessments and 
land tax. Under this system the landlord receives one-fourth of the 
sugar beets. In a few instances, however, the landowner supplies 
tools, feed, supplies, horse labor, and twine, while the tenant pro- 
vides all hand labor. Under this arrangement the landowner re- 
ceives two-thirds of the sugar beets and all of the beet tops. Occa- 
sionally the landowner receives only one-fifth or one-sixth of the 
sugar beets. The prevailing fraction is one-fourth, and the present. 
tendency is toward an even larger share. Moreover, in a few in- 
stances the tenant pays one-half of the water assessment. In prac- 
tically all cases the tenant hauls the crop to market. Leases on 
sugar-beet farms are for the most part written and of one-year 
duration. 
Tobacco.—The number of leases on tobacco farms available for 
study is not sufficient to determine with any certainty the most com- 
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