26 BULLETIN 650, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



shall be made with the knowledge and consent of the lessor. All joint business 

 in the way of payments and receipts shall be through Bank of . 



Both lessor and lessee shall own in common, each an undivided one-half, 

 all live stock, excepting as hereinbefore provided for, owned and produced upon 

 said farm ; and such of said stock as the parties shall agree upon shall be sold 

 at such time as may be satisfactory to both. 



Whenever any cattle, hogs, grain, corn, or hay or any other product of said 

 farm shall be sold, the proceeds shall be equally divided between the parties, or, 

 if agreed upon, it may again be invested in other stock, grain, or material for 

 the common use and benefit of the parties. 



Lessee further covenants and agrees that he will farm said land in a good, 

 farmlike, and workmanlike manner ; that he will commit no waste nor suffer 

 injury to be done to the premises ; that he will allow no noxious weeds to go 

 to seed on said premises, and will keep the weeds and grass cut in the roads 

 adjoining the land. 



Lessee also agrees that he will draw out and scatter on said premises, on or 

 before December 1st of each year, on the fields where it is most needed, fol- 

 lowing out the plan of farming agreed upon in this contract, all manure being 

 and made on said premises up to December 1st next preceding the end of the 

 term, and that in default of so drawing out and scattering said manure, he 

 shall pay to lessor as penalty the sum of $ . 



That he will leave as many acres plowed on said premises at the end of his 

 term as he finds plowed when he takes possession, and in default of so doing he 

 shall pay to lessor $ an acre for each acre short of such number. 



That he shall keep the buildings, fences, and other improvements on said 

 premises in as good repair and condition as the same are when he goes into 

 possession, or as good as they may be put in during said terms, loss by fire 

 or inevitable and ordinary wear excepted ; that he will not assign this lease or 

 sublet any part of said premises without written consent of lessor ; that he will 

 not bring mortgaged property on said premises without the consent of said 

 lessor ; that he will not sell or remove any of the farm crop from said premises 

 without the consent of the lessor ; that he will not break up any established 

 watercourses or ditches or undertake any other operation which will injure 

 said land. 



That in case he shall, from any cause, neglect, refuse, or be unable to prop- 

 erly prepare said land, sow, plant, harvest, or care for any and all crops to be 

 raised on said land, said lessor, his agents, heirs, or assigns, may at their 

 option take possession thereof and of the crops growing or being grown thereon, 

 and properly care for the same, and sell the same, and the proceeds remaining 

 after payment of the rents, cost, and expenses and damages shall go to lessee. 

 That he will surrender the stubble land, for the purpose of plowing, in the fall 

 preceding the termination of this lease, as soon as the crop has been removed 

 from the same; that he will surrender possession of said premises at the end 

 of the term, or sooner termination thereof, and if immediate possession be not 



given, that he will pay lessor, or assigns, the sum of $ for each and 



every day possession is thus withheld, as damages for nonsurrender. 



That a failure to keep and perform any of the agreements hereinbefore men- 

 tioned shall, at the option of said lessor, or assigns, operate as a forfeiture of 

 this lease and terminate the term, and lessor may take possession of the prem- 

 ises at once without process of law, or he may bring an action at law for pos- 

 session, said lessee being, from the date of such failure, a tenant holding over 

 after the expiration of his term ; that in consideration of this lease, and the 

 agreements herein contained on the part of the lessor, said lessee covenants 

 and agrees to keep and perform the agreements hereinbefore set forth, hereby 



