CONTRACTS USED IN RENTING FARMS ON SHARES. 5 
farms where the landowner pays all expenses, including hired labor, 
he receives two-thirds of the corn. The same fraction for division 
of the corn is used on Ohio farms where the tenant receives a small 
guaranteed wage in addition to one-third of the corn. Occasionally 
in Virginia the tenant supplies three-fourths of the fertilizer on 
corn land and receives three-fourths of the corn. Share croppers on 
cotton farms, who furnish nothing but labor, commonly receive one- 
half of the corn or pay cash rent for corn land, while share renters, 
who furnish the working capital and the labor, usually get two- 
thirds of the corn. In cases on Colorado farms where the tenant 
supplies tools and horses and pays all expenses the landowner re- 
celves one-third of the corn. On general farms in Delaware the 
landowner usually gets one-half of all crops, including corn. 
Wheat and other grain and seed crops——The examination of 453 
survey records? on tenant wheat farms in Kansas, Nebraska, Min- 
nesota, North Dakota, and Montana shows that on 267 of these farms 
the landowner receives one-third, on 106 farms one-half, and on 80 
farms two-fifths of the wheat. On these farms the tenant supplied 
working capital and hired labor. Occasionally other fractions, such 
as two-sevenths or five-twelfths are used in dividing the wheat in 
the wheat States of the upper Mississippi valley. Through the corn 
belt the tenant usually pays one-half of the wheat and other grains 
on share-rented farms. Very generally where several cereal grains 
are raised on the same farm all of these grains are divided between 
landlord and tenant by the same fraction, the lease prescribing that 
the landowner shall receive either one-half or one-third of all grain. 
The landowner’s share of small cereal grains, as is the case with 
many other crops, is smaller in western States than in the corn belt. 
Frequently the landowner receives only one-third of the wheat and 
other grain, especially when the tenant pays thrashing expenses, as 
compared with one-half of the corn. Rye is commonly divided half 
and half. In the cotton belt share croppers usually receive one-half 
of the oats and share renters two-thirds. In Colorado the landowner 
commonly receives one-third of the oats and less often one-half, 
while in the corn belt and various other States the landowner 
usually receives one-half of the oats or more rarely one-third or 
two-fifths. On some New Jersey farms the landlord may pay all 
expenses and receive two-thirds of the oats and wheat, his share 
otherwise being one-half. 
On rice farms in Texas when the tenant supplies tools and mules 
and the landlord furnishes all seed and water, the landlord com- 
monly receives either two-fifths or one-half of the rice, depending 
upon the location and fertility of the farm. 
1 Records furnished for examination by courtesy of Office of Extension Work in the 
North and West, States Relations Service. 
