The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-28
objections to the Share system of Renting.

No section of the country can ever reach a
high standard IN agriculture that lets its lands
TO tenants or rents them out on shares. have
never seen a locality where the farms were not
occupied and carried on by their owners that
presented thrifty appearance. Occasionally,
about as seldom as white black birds and white
weasels are seen, farm maybe seen that pre-.
sents thrifty appearance when occupied by a
tenant. Twenty years ago had never person.
ally known case where an entire tarmwas let
to tenant. The owners always worked the soil
with hired help who either boarded in the fam.
lily Of the Owner,or with foreman, or in tenant
house rented to them. Here in Delaware are
whole neighborhoOds where every farm is oc
cupied by q tenant. have several objections
to 1t.
1st'-lt tends to lower the moral standard of
honesty in any such community. There Is no
use in disgusting it,nor would l exaggerate. But
no man has had much to do with renters but
he has heard as truism, "the tenant is bound
to live, honestly or dishonesty" II thew think
the landlord is eXacting they are bound to make
1t right according TO their ideas of right. Their
ideas of right are generally formed from the lib
erality OF some landlords who own land and nos.
sess abundant means for an income independent
of their farms.
One such landlord gave his tenant the use OF a
stocked farm and paid the taxes for eight years.
when the tenant thought the landlord was in
debted to him, when he required him to rem ove
know several others who bought land for an
Investment, built good houses, good enough for
the owners, furnished all the fertilizers. team
and Implements and now allow the tenant to
'eturn Just what he thinks best. Litte or niue h.
{ is but straw TO the landlord. They wan
heir farms to show improvement. We would |
le glad if all landlords were thus situated the /
enant system would be far less Obiectional, |
'ut they are not. Hundreds Of men have bought
ands with little hard earned money on
7hich they hoped to live, but find that withou
trength to labor they cannot hire and make the
Money to pay the laborer from the proceeds of
he farm, on which they are wholly de pendent
they rent out their farms, ready
ocked, that Is supplied with a team and neces
iry implements, and the landlord moves into
'""i - PSS'uS ~ pay AitCIcols II III QeDL, pay
mt, and live from his two-thirds of the pro.
'eds OF the farm. With rigid economy he
light do this were the contract with his ten
1t fulfilled. But here comes the difficulty
bis tenant has a friend whose landlord needs
} rent, and leaves his tenant to do as he pleases
I'd returns to him what he thinks best He
III take his cue from this favored tenant. +
-om observation and experience we are con- T
need that this system so lowers ideas of r
'nesty that when many tenants take a farm n
d agree to give the landlord who furnishes
,two-thirds of the products, they will keep to il
emselves just as much as they / 'ely dare and :,
considered honest among tel 3. As eyi.
nee of this, they feel netts 10 ,lw il if
sy are not lett to make the div aced at Mhey
mt no dsinterested party medium heat
; division isjust. They win es neatly-O
sket or load, and not in q the lower part I
.lled bushel. They will f eted her politely.
1851 even "nsn . witness hort time was spe.
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