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area to be kept in meadow stated, the crops which are not 

 to be grown named, the uses named for which trees may be 

 cut, etc. 



Disposition of products. It is through the regulation of 

 what crops are to be produced upon the farm, and the forms 

 in which the products of the farm are to be disposed of, that 

 the farming may be directed along lines least exhausting to the 

 soil. In general, tenant farmers are too much inclined to sell 

 grain and hay rather than live stock and dairy products. This 

 is partly due to the lack of capital on the part of tenant. Re- 

 strictive clauses in leases which require that all hay, straw, corn 

 fodder, corn, etc., be fed upon the farm should be accompanied 

 with provisions enabling the tenant to secure the necessary 

 animals to consume these products. 



Use of manure made on the farm. The manure made upon 

 the farm, from feeds produced thereon, belongs to the land, 

 and in no case should any tenant be allowed to remove this 

 manure from the land. Danger from this source arises most 

 commonly in the case of farmers who own a farm and hire ad- 

 ditional land. Land leased in this way should receive its pro 

 rata share of the manure. 



Contracts usually provide that the tenant shall spread all 

 manure upon the land at such points as the owner shall direct. 

 This clause is more or less useless, as a new tenant will gladly 

 haul all the manure he can find, while a tenant who expects to 

 leave before another cropping season cannot easily be forced 

 to haul manure for his successor. The obvious remedy is to pay 

 the tenant for hauling the manure from which he is to derive 

 no benefit or else not expect him to perform this service. 



Purchase of feed and fertilizers. In order that the tenant 

 be not discouraged in buying feeds and fertilizers to be utilized 

 upon the farm the contract should provide for compensation to 

 the tenant upon the termination of his lease for the unexhausted 

 supplies of fertility placed in the soil from these sources. The 

 payment for such improvements should never be for more than 

 the benefit to be derived by the incoming tenant. Unwise 

 expenditures should be the loss of him who makes them. 



