Farming, Saturday, March 12. ma_ *£o-***^ Good Farm Lease Fair To Owner Tightened By usda _ . «* . O • 12. a, Cm era The U.S. Department* .of And Tenant, IVifift* opcciftiwt Oo.ys Agr i cu )t ure him amended Its y * r meat inspection regulations a more profttable m-op. An- t | ghten , provisions under other example I* the restaurants lessds today are TJfJ* *' and Institutional consumers, rangemente, McAlister rec obuin federa | meat la ommeuds a written agree- ment because it .gives both .. . .. parties certain legal asaur- Consumer and Marketing ances, and the very act of Sen-Ice meU inspection of* writing it out causes each ficials explained that the fed party to consider closely the eral Meat Inspection Act of provisions and limitations. 1906 made provisions to ex “lit does not need to be a empt from federal inspection fancy, highly legal-appearing requirements those retail document. It is mulch ipcre meat dealers and butchers— important that it is clear usually located near state and fair to bcfth parties,’' he borders who sell meat di- DO „„ rectly to “consumers across SuySi ~ Most of the leases used state lines are out-of-date and in need To qualify for such an ex ot revising, according to Me- emption under the previous MlUster. “Both the tenant regulations, retail meat deal and the landlord stand to ers had to sell at least 50 gam when a good up-to-date percent of their meat and lease is used. After all. If meat products directly to the tenant cannot make a “consumers ” Once exempted, living, the landlord will not they were permitted during have much tor his invest- any week to ship to “com ment either.” sumers” across state lines, About this time of f**r, landlords and tenant* begin thinking about the renewal of their leasing agreements for the coming crop year. Usually they are moat con cerned about determining the smount of rent, according to yf. T. McAllister, extension farm management apeclallst *t the University of Dela ware. The landlord and tenant should share in the income of the farm In the same pro portion that each party con tributes to the operation, management and Investment of Che farm business, McAl lister 'believes. The actual amount in terms of dollars or share of farm income will rary widely depending upon the individual circumstances. The landlord pays the cost of ownership of the land and buildings, including a charge for interest on the invest ment and an annual charge f 0 upkeep and depreciation of buildings, fences, tax dit ches and other capital im provements. The tenant, on the other hand, pays for in terest, depreciation and up keep for capital item s he supplied The cost of his la bor is also a tenant contri bution Whoever made the management decisions, land lord o, tenant, could include this among his contributions. The easiest nay to handle current production expenses, such as fertilizer, gasoline* seed, taxes, repairs and cus tom ,wbrk, is to list them all and then cross off those to be shared equally. The ex pense items that the land lord and tenant pay for sep arately are estimated, using the farm account book as a guide. Add up all the expense con tributions of each party, and divide the income according to the percentage each party puts into the business, 3K- Ailister recom'mends “Foi instance, suppose that the landlord's expenses total st,- 000 and the tenant s total $-6.0P0 The fair way to di vide the income from the farm would he 40 percent to the landloid and 60 per cent to the tenant ” If the parties want the customaij' 50-50 shaie auangement, an adjustment can be made in the dmsion of the expenses s , O that each is paling 50 percent of the expenses It has been customary for the landlord to furnish the land and buildings and tor the tenant to furnish the ma chinery and labor, with the production expenses shaied equally However, this type of lease is not likely to be to modern farms, jjjcAlhster points out “Out of-pocket cash expenses are jre’ater today than 25 and 50 years ago, and the in vestment in machinery is likely to be much greater in proportion to the land values than m past jears” (X com sea, good lease will Dot substitute for a good farm that s large enough yield a satisfactory income* It takes th e very best of farm management to make a living and pay rent in addi tion The lease should not m'ake it impossible for the tenant to tollow good man agement plans. Many leases require th e tenant to plant a certain ac reage of wheat, which is a cash ci op with relatively email profits. In most cases, both the landlord and ten ant 'would be betrter ofi if that land were used to grow -FARMERS GROW SWEET CORN CASH CROP HIGHER PRICES THIS YEAR HARVESTING AND HAULING AVAILABLE JOHN F. COPE CO., INC. Manheim, Pa. Office Phone 898-2206 Field Representatives JOHN L. BARE BILL WINGENROTH 898-7010 Lane. 626-5403 Lititz Please Phone Evenings Tobacco Farmers (A^y) NOW is the time to consign your crop to our tobacco marketing program. • We offer a proven grading system for better over-all returns for your crop. • Advance payments at time of delivery. • Cash payments when tobacco is sold. COME IN TODAY FOR FULL INFORMATION COUNTRY BEST FOODS - AGWAY, INC.' 446 W. James St. Lancaster, Pa. Ph. 397-0111 without ' federal inepeotlon, emption,” privilege back t« not more than. 5 carcasses of the" original Intent,- C&MS cattle, 25 of calves, 20 of proposed the new amendment sheep, 26 of lambs, 10 of to the regulation* law No. swine, 20 of goats, or 25 of vember. g-oat kids, or the equivalent of fresh meat. In addition, they could ship an unlimited volume of processed meat products. While the term "consum ers” was not defined, It has been construed to- include restaurants, hotels, fboa'rding houses, or similar institutions as well as -household consum ers • When applied to Jthese provisions. . These retailer exemptions were originally intended to be of assistance to small re tail meat dealers, C&M& of ficials said. However, in Jhe The new amendments thus absence of specific qualifies- add average weekly sales vol. tlons, the retailer exemption ume to the -qualifications for privilege has been extended exemption, as well as mclud to large volume suppliers ing the sales o-f all Siiteidi- over the years. Aries and branches of a Am To bring the "retailer., ex- in computing this volume. PUBLIC SALE of REG. & GRADE HOLSTEINS & FARM EQUIPMENT 1% mi. north of Oak Hill, 5 mi. north of Nottingham, 3 mi. east of Little Britain on road from Oakshade to Tayloria. Lane. Co., Pa. North Rt. 272. Thursday, March 17, 1966 25 HEAD OF REG. AND GRADE HOLSTEINS Fresh and Close Springing 5 Bred Heifers Tested within 30 Days Charts Furnished A sample of what is selling: DTK. OF GLENAFTON MILESTONE - 305 d. - 21,024 m. - 664 f. ': Dtr. of Maplewanna Roamer - 305 d. - 15,079 m. t.,535 f.- Dtr. of Woodbourne Lass Reflection - 305 d. - 14,708 m. - 459 f. 2 y. she is bred to Whirlhill Kingpin. GRADE - BESSIE: 305 d. - 18,222 m. - 672 f. GRADE - ADDIE: 305 d. - 15,038 m. - 650 f. 4.4%- Most of these cows and heifers were purchased last fall from the herd dispersal of Herbert Columbia Co., Pa. Mostly sired by N.E.B.A. including Penn State Betsy Ivanhoe, Maview Dunloggin Direct, Skokie Marathon Boy. Cattle have Dairy type and plenty of size. LARGE LINE OF FARM EQUIPMENT JOHN DEERE 620 TRACTOR with 3 Bottom Mounted Plow, 1900 hrs.; JOHN DEERE M TRACTOR with Cultivator; FORD 8N TRACTOR with Cultivator; John Deere 4 Bar Side Rake on rubber; John Deere No. 5 Mower; John Deere 13 Disc Grain Drill; John Deere Corn Planter; McDeering 28 Disc; John Deere Wagon; Cunningham Crimper; 68 New Holland Baler PTO; Weeder; Brillion Cultipacker; 2 wheel Trailer; New Idea Spreader; Holland Transplanter. Locust posts; Fence controller. DAIRY EQUIPMENT 2 Unit DeLaval Milker; 15 Milk Cans; Milk Cooler; Buckets; Strainer; Silage Cart; Feed Cart; Electric Fly Sprayer; No. 501 Sunbeam Clippers; G. E. Hot Water Furnace; New Duo Therm Heater. HAY CORN SILAGE At the same time and place for C. Weaver and D. Tice who discontinued farming; AC D-14 TRACTOR/ less than 1,300 hrs., with mount ed 3 bottom plow; McD. Disc; Cultivator; W. D. TRAC TOR; A.C. P.T.O. Spreader; Ford P.T.O. Baler; John Deere Spring Harrow Minn: Moline Disc; A.C. Wide Track Wagon; A.C. New type Corn Planter, like new (tool bar); John Deere 4 row Corn Planter #490; A.C. No. 50 Harvester, 6 new Knives, Corn and Hay attach ment. , i t . David Bradley Rotary Corn Sheller; New , Idea Spread er; Cross Elevator; McDeerihg ,13 Disc Drill; Brtllup Seeder; 4 bar Side Rake; Ford Baler; P.T.0.; Trs»il|r Plow (2 bottom): ' ' ' 1 ' '* ?- by, ' t Aucts; and Sale Mgrs. r .■> * J. B. KREtD^R Carl Diller - 392-5235 s ■ 11 Quarry ville :Rs2 J. Everett Kreider - 284-4517 LA-922p t * Lunch by Fair mount Recreation Center Under the amended renu. lationa, a firm still nuiit u more than 50 percent of it* meat and meat products di rectly to ‘•consumers'' Un. eluding hotels, restaurants, etc.) to qualify for exemp. tlon. In addition, the arm's average weekly sales volume including all its ■•a'hsirtl. antes and branches during each quartet of a calendar year cannot exceed So.Onq pounds of fresh meat and 20.. 000 'pounds of -processed meat products. Sale at 11:00 A.M. i I t i