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pork, milk, fruit, potatoes, and other -farm products for table use, or 

 the right to keep a driving horse in the pasture. Sometimes the 

 tenant is required to pay a special " improvement rent " of $25 annu- 

 ally in return for improvements to be made on the place by the land- 

 lord. 



RESTRICTIONS. 



The lease contract often contains a clause placing certain restric- 

 tions upon the operations of the tenant. For example, it is some- 

 times specified that alfalfa and clover land shall not be over-grazed, 

 that stock must not be turned upon the pasture in the spring until 

 the frost is out of the ground, that hogs must be ringed to prevent 

 rooting, or must be immunized against cholera before being brought 

 on the farm, or that the tenant must cut no young or growing timber. 

 Some landowners do not allow the tenant to keep sheep, goats, pi- 

 geons, geese, ducks, or turkeys. Frequently the lease prescribes that 

 no straw shall be burned, that cornstalks must be plowed under, 

 that a certain rotation must be followed, that no fodder may be sold 

 from the farm, that certain specified crops shall not be grown, that 

 certain pasture land shall not be plowed, that a specified area shall 

 be kept in pasture and meadow, or that only a specified number of 

 horses shall be kept by the tenant. 



SUPERVISION BY THE LANDLORD. 



The amount of supervision exercised by the landlord ranges from 

 daily or weekly visits to the farm, involving constant consultation 

 with the tenant concerning all farm operations, or rare or occasional 

 visits, to a condition of complete aloofness in which the landlord's 

 only apparent interest is in receiving the rent. The landlord may 

 live on a neighboring farm or in a near-by town or in another county 

 or city or even in a foreign country. Naturally the landlord's inter- 

 est in the farm operations is less under a cash-renting system than 

 under a system of share farming. In partnership farming, in which 

 each party furnishes part of the equipment and both expenses and 

 proceeds are shared, it is commonly stipulated that all important 

 matters shall be settled by consultation between the landlord and 

 tenant. 



GOOD HUSBANDRY. 



Lease contracts commonly stipulate that the tenant shall operate 

 the farm in a " good husbandman-like manner " or in a " workman- 

 like manner." These phrases are accepted as meaning that the tenant 

 shall plow to a proper depth, do all farm operations at the proper 

 time, promote crop yields and prevent waste, keep drains open, de- 

 stroy weeds, haul out manure, etc. 



