148 Farming Customs and Covenants of England. 
clay to sow the seeds and work the faUows, or he may leave this 
work to be performed by the outgoing tenant, and to be paid for by 
valuation. Tlie hay and straw are usually taken to at a feeding- 
price, but in some cases tenants are allowed to sell wheat-straw. 
The manure belongs to the incoming tenant, and nothing is 
allowed for artificial manures or other improvements, unless by 
special agreement. The buildings are usually put in repair when 
a new tenant enters, and he is then bound to maintain them, the 
landlord finding materials. 
Mr. W. Bulstrode and the Committee of the Hungerford 
Farmers' Club have revised the above, and are of opinion that it 
is correct. 
]>UCKlNGEfAMSHIRE. — The customs in the south and south-east 
of this county are very similar to those just described. The entry 
is usually at Michaelmas, the incoming tenant having the right 
of entry on the 1st of April, to work the fallows and sow the 
seeds, or he may allow them to be valued in the usual way 
at Michaelmas, the valuation to include seeds, carting, and 
ploughing. Hay, straw, &c., are taken at a consuming price. 
The manure is left for the incoming tenant, and nothing is paid 
for unexhausted manures or permanent improvements. Tenants 
are supplied with materials in the rough, and have to keep the 
buildings in repair. The outgoing tenant retains the use of the 
])arn, and of part of the house, until the 25th of December, to 
prepare his corn for market, and the use of the yards to the 26th 
March, to consume his straw, &c. In cases where the incoming 
tenant works the fallows, &c., the corn is often sold by auction, 
and the outgoing tenant then gives up the whole of the farm at 
Michaelmas. 
In the north and west of this county the customs are very 
different, nearly all the entries being at Lady-day (old time). 
The incoming tenant has stable room for his team and lodgings 
for his carter from Candlemas, to prepare the land and sow his 
spring crops. An auction for the sale of stock is usually held 
at Michaelmas preceding the termination of the tenancy ; but 
the working horses and implements are not sold until after 
Christmas, as the outgoing tenant has to put in the wheat crop 
and draw out the manures, &c. The grass keeping and the hay 
is usually sold to be consumed on the premises before the end of 
the tenancy. In some instances the outgoing tenant retains the 
use of the house and yards until the 1st of May. The corn 
crops are generally harvested by the outgoing tenant, and the in- 
comer has the straw and fodder at a consuming price ; but occa- 
sionally the crops are sold, and then the purchaser has the use of 
the barns and yards to consume the straw and fodder, &c. If 
there is a crop of turnips it is usually sold, together with a rick 
