Athirdcharcteristicofsharecontractsisthattherentalpercentagemayvaryamongdifferentcropsinonecontract（seesamplee）.Asisimpliedbythetheoryofsharetenancy,,（weightedtimeaverage）rentalpercentage,uniformforallcrops,（seecontractsampled）,ifatenantissubjecttodismissalatanytimeintheeventofpoorperformance,,andthat,whenmultiplepercentagesarefoundinaleasewithindefiniteduration,auniformpercentageisusuallyusedfordifferentcropsharvestedinthesameseason（seecontractsamplee）.Wemaysummarizethecharacteristicsofsharecontractsbyquotingtheobservationmadebytwowriters-whowerecriticaloftenantfarminginChina:

Underthesystemofsharerent,,,thetenantisevenrequiredtofurnishfarmingequipment…………Besidestheabove,-rentcontracts.[16]