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gets two-thirds of the wheat crop allowed liira, aud that is all, with the 

 exception of the allowance for clover or grass-seeds which have been 

 sown the previous year. The holdings may be considered as yearly 

 ones from Lady-daj'. The dung belongs to the l\irm, and the incoming 

 tenant makes no payment for the manure he finds upon the premises. 

 Compensation for improvements is rarely given by the landlord to the 

 outgoing tenant. The customs in Cheshire between outgoing and in- 

 coming tenants are similar to those in Lancasliire, and the period of 

 entry is the same. The landlord generally puts the buildings into 

 repair when the tenant goes to the place, and he expects the tenant to 

 keep them in repair upon being found materials in the rough. There 

 are various customs upon different estates, but those repairs arc gene- 

 rally done by private agreement, as there is no well-established custom 

 applicable to buildings. If the tenants put up a thrashing machine 

 they would probably be allowed to remove it, but it is optional with the 

 landlord. 



Leicestershire. — The time of entry is generally Lady-day. The 

 manure, the produce of the farm, belongs to the landlord, and the 

 outgoing tenant receives nothing for it unless he paid for it on his 

 entry, which is not a usual occurrence, and it passes to the inconiing 

 tenant free of charge. In the absence of any agreement, the custom is 

 as follows : On a summer fallow sown with wheat by the outgoing 

 tenant he would be allowed for the same, the valuation of the various 

 tillages, the carting and spreading manure, the cost of seed, and one 

 year's rent, rates, and tithes. In the case of a clover ley sown v.'itli 

 wheat, half-a-year's rent, rates, and tithes, the cost of seed, ploughing, 

 harrowing, &c., are allowed ; and on bean stubbles, the cost of plough- 

 ing, sowing, and seed. When seeds are sown with the preceding spring 

 corn, the cost of the seed only is allowed, and nothing for putting it in. 

 No compensation is given for the culture of the preceding crop of 

 turnips, though eaten on the land, nor for manure used in raising the 

 crop, however large it may be. There is no allowance for draining, or 

 any other permanent improvements ; nor is anything paid for the con- 

 sumption of extraneous food by stock, or for use of artificial manures. 

 The above is all which the custom of the country would give a tenant ; 

 but of late years a more liberal system, by agreement, has been adopted 

 by some landlords. An allowance is made by them for draining done 

 by the tenant within seven years ; for instance, he would receive 

 nothing for what had been done seven years ; one-seventh of the cost 

 of that done six years, and so on. In some instances, a portion of 

 the cost of unexhausted artificial manures which have been used is 



