. Agricultural economics. Agriculture -- Economic aspects United States; Land tenure. «/• C. E? '"^nr FORMS OF LAND TENURE IN THE UNITED STATES 289 unproductive lands. In the South the practice of giving the landlord one-fourth of the cotton crop was very common wher- ever white tenants engaged in cotton production. It was there most generally found in conjunction with a " third " system for the grain crops. It is common in the South to speak of the " third and fourth " system, which usually means that the landlord receives one-fourth of the cotton and one-third of the
. Agricultural economics. Agriculture -- Economic aspects United States; Land tenure. «/• C. E? '"^nr FORMS OF LAND TENURE IN THE UNITED STATES 289 unproductive lands. In the South the practice of giving the landlord one-fourth of the cotton crop was very common wher- ever white tenants engaged in cotton production. It was there most generally found in conjunction with a " third " system for the grain crops. It is common in the South to speak of the " third and fourth " system, which usually means that the landlord receives one-fourth of the cotton and one-third of the grain crops. In the " fourth " system the tenant usually furnishes all the equipment and seeds, but in case commercial fertilizer is used, as is sometimes the practice in the cotton country, the landlord pays one-fourth the cost. In the northern states the landlord often furnishes nothing but the bare land for one-fourth of the crop. Under the fourth system the tenant is usually left free to produce the crops as he pleases, the landlord exercising little control beyond the determination of the crops to be grown and the area of each. The one-third system. The one-third system is very common throughout the United States with the exception of the regions. FORMS or iHARE TEKANCY LMOLosD nccnvct OW^Hi. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Taylor, Henry C. (Henry Charles), 1873-1969. New York : Macmillan
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