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years. If, therefore, a tenant applies rock phosphate one, two or 

 three years before the termination of his period of tenancy, he does 

 not receive the full benefit of the expense which he has incurred. 

 The matter is frequently discussed in agricultural papers, but rarely, 

 if ever, is it taken into consideration in leases. If a tenant by his 

 own efforts and progressive methods increases the productivity of a 

 farm, it is only just that the improvement should be duly recognized. 



REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS. 



The landlord almost universally furnishes all materials needed in 

 repairing buildings and fences, and in making other permanent im- 

 provements as required, while the tenant furnishes all labor except 

 skilled labor necessary for making the required repairs and improve- 

 ments. The tenant, however, is commonly paid wages for work on 

 extensive improvements, such as ditching, tile draining, building 

 silos, etc. Often the landlord pays for the services of a skilled hor- 

 ticulturist to prune orchards or instruct the tenant how to prune 

 them. In the case of extensive improvements the landlord may sup- 

 ply all labor while the tenant is required to board the laborers. 



PRIVILEGES AND PERQUISITES. 



The landowner may grant certain privileges to the tenant free or 

 for a fixed sum of money or other valuable consideration, and may 

 also reserve certain rights for himself. The tenant's perquisites 

 commonly include the use of dwelling house, other buildings, garden, 

 and pasture, the taking of dead and down timber for fuel, the keep- 

 ing of 50 or 100 chickens, and more rarely a few guinea fowls, ducks, 

 geese, and turkeys, the raising of a few hogs and cows to supply his 

 family needs, and the use of fruit and other farm produce for his 

 table. Frequently the landlord grants the tenant the privilege of 

 keeping a considerable number of cattle, hogs, and poultry, the 

 tenant receiving all proceeds from such stock in return for the 

 manure which they produce. 



All these privileges may be granted free, or the tenant may be 

 required to pay a lump sum for the use of the farmstead, or a fixed 

 sum per acre. In some cases of partnership farming the value of 

 all products taken for table use by the landlord and the tenant is 

 charged against their respective accounts. 



The landlord may reserve the use of one or two rooms in the 

 farmhouse, or a portion of the garden, or certain timber areas or 

 hunting rights. Moreover, the landlord may reserve the privilege 

 of the joint use of the farmhouse, living expenses being shared pro- 

 portionately with the tenant, or the right to receive poultry, eggs, 



