MEANS OF ACQUIRING LAND 



terests of landlord and tenant are more 

 nearly mutual. Under this system, animal 

 husbandry is possible, which, generally, 

 involves pasturing and feeding a consider- 

 able part of the crops upon the farm, and 

 even the purchase of nitrogenous by- 

 products. All this leads to permanency of 

 tenant, since the landlord and tenant are 

 both interested in the live stock and other 

 personal property, which cannot be divided, 

 with economy, each year. It is interesting 

 to note that the house is the least likely to be 

 kept in repair. The improvement of the 

 barns and fences or the laying of tile drains 

 increases the landlord's income, but he has 

 no financial interest in the house, so long as 

 the tenant is willing to live in it. 



There are, of course, many variations in 

 the arrangement of details between the land- 

 lord and tenant. On many dairy farms in 

 the northeastern states it is customary for 

 the landlord to own the cows. While the 

 landlord and tenant share equally from the 

 sale of milk, butter or cheese, in such cases 

 the increase in the herd belongs to the 



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