6 BULLETIN 600, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Millet is seldom a crop of sufficient importance on tenant farms 
to be mentioned in a lease contract. On a half share rented farm 
in Texas the landowner receives one-half of the millet. 
The division of clover and alfalfa seed on tenant farms is rarely 
specified in lease contracts, and few records are therefore available 
in reference to this point. In Indiana the landowner commonly re- 
ceives two-fifths of the clover seed produced on the farm. In Colo- 
rado the landowner may receive one-half of the alfalfa seed produced 
on the farm as compared with one-third of the corn and potatoes 
grown on the same farm. 
Sunflowers are rarely an important enterprise on tenant farms. 
On one Kentucky farm where this crop is grown on a considerable 
scale the expense and equipment are shared equally and the land- 
lord receives one-half of the sunflower seed, as well as one-half of 
the corn and alfalfa. In this case the work stock is fed from un- 
divided feed. 
Hay and fodder.—Al\most universally on share rented farms, when 
the tenant furnishes working capital and hired labor, hay is divided 
nalf-and-half if sold at all. Otherwise the hay produced on the 
farm is used in feeding partnership stock, but if the landowner owns 
no stock the tenant may pay cash rent for hay land. 
On dairy farms and stock farms throughout the country it is fre- 
quently prescribed in the lease contract that hay and fodder shall 
not be sold except with the permission of the landlord, but shall be 
fed to the stock on the farm. On grain farms the tenant often pays 
a cash rent for hay land and has all the product to sell or to feed to 
his own stock. In general, when the hay is shared half-and-half 
the tenant is required to pay one-half of all expenses and to supply 
the necessary tools and work stock. In a few cases, however, the 
tenant receives three-fourths of the hay. In Alabama and elsewhere 
in the cotton belt share croppers on cotton farms commonly receive 
one-half of the corn fodder, sorghum, and other fodder produced on 
the farm. In Colorado when the tenant furnishes tools, horses, feed, 
labor; and thrashing expense, he usually receives one-half of the 
alfalfa and less often one-third. The’ baling expenses are usually 
shared proportionately to the share of the crop received by the tenant 
and landlord. Or such farms the water assessment is commonly 
paid by the landlord, less often by the tenant, or sometimes is 
shared equally. In Kentucky, with all working capital and expense 
shared equally, the tenant’s ohne of the alfalfa is one-half, while 
he may receive one-third of the timothy or less often os fifths. 
Wide variation occurs on Nebraska farms with reference to the frac- 
tional sharing of hay, the tenant receiving one-half or three-fifths 
or even two-thirds as his share. 
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