,coveringfourprovincesinChinain1935,revealsthattheescapeclause（asincontractsamplesaandc）wasadoptedin83percentofthecrop（fixed）rentcontracts,63percentofthecash（fixed）rentcontract,andnotatallinsharecontracts.[10],themarketpriceofagriculturalyieldwillrise,andwithcashrentthetenant'sinewillbepensatedbytheriseinpricemorethanwithcroprent;hence,,otherthingsbeingequal,,beforetheagrarianreforms,,however,,inpart,,thefermiersoftheFrenchmetayage,theescapeclauseassociatedwithfixedrentsinChina,,,wefindthattheirstipulationsaremoreplexthanthoseoffixedrents,-sharecontractwithuniformsharingpercentagesforallcrops（ShantungProvince）：

TenantAagreestocultivate[somanymows][somanyhead]ofwaterbuffalo,[somanybodies]ofmen;andeveryyearthetenantmustcultivatewheatonce,Indiancornthreetimes,[incertainproportions].Theyieldsofallcropsaretobeshared[incertainproportions].Theleasemayterminateonlyaftertheautumnharvest.[11]

Samplee-sharecontractwithvaryingsharingpercentages（HonanProvince）：

[Stipulationsoflandsizeandnonlandinputs]……Weherebystipulatethatthewheatyieldwillbesplit20-80；millet,yellowbeans,sesame,greenbean-allwillbesplit30-70；cottonandsweetpotatoessplit50-50……；milletstraws,andbeanandsesamestalkssplit30-70.[12]

Samplef-sharecontractwithsomeproductsunshared（HonanProvince）：

TenantA……voluntarilyagreestofurnish[somany]men,[somanyhead]ofwaterbuffaloanddonkeys……andallplowingequipment……Weclearlystipulatethatseedsofmajorcropsaretobeprovidedbythelandowner,,indryandcleanform……Butthestrawsgotothe[tenant's]waterbuffaloentirely;thedroppingsgotothe[landowner's]soil;……[bythelandowner],.[13]

Forsharecontracts,,theexplicitstipulationsoftenantinputsandcropplantationsareimpliedbythetheoryofsharetenancy（seechapter2）.[14]Evidenceindicates,however,thatonlytheactualyieldsareinspected,forbyparisonwithadjacentfarmsorpastexperiencethelandownerwillbeabletodecidewhetherthecontractedtermshavebeenfulfilled:

Theabsenteelandlordssendtheiragents,orgothemselves,……[Thetenant],.[15]

Exaggeratedasthisquotationmightbe,anintramarginaltenantwithspecificfarmingknowledge（hence,withhigheryieldsthanmarginaltenants）can"hide"asmuchastherentimputedtohisspecialskillandstillretainhistenancy;anagentcancollectenforcementcostin"bribes",,inchapter2：Thelandownermayeitherrequirethetenanttoinvestmoreinlandandchargealowerrentalpercentage,.