metayer

Example Sentences

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But they were mostly on the metayer system, and could claim seed, implements, stock, and other necessary supplies from their master.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

The average metayer pays from twenty to thirty per cent of his crop in rent.

From The Souls of Black Folk by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

The metayer system was one of the most common and persistent.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

All the land in the duchy was farmed on the metayer system, and with such ill results that the peasants were always in debt to their landlords.

From The Valley of Decision by Wharton, Edith

By dint of uncompromising economy, the metayer may ultimately become a small owner.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda