162 Farminrj Customs and Covenants of England. 
in consideration thereof. It is usual to mow only half the mea- 
dow-land, but in many places the tenants mow the whole, and 
compel their successors to take all the hay, but in such cases a 
deduction is made by the valuers for an excessive quantity. 
Draininpf done within four years is also a subject for allowance. 
We are indebted to Mr. Hugh Cawley for information as to 
the customs of this county, and for a revision of the same to Mr. 
R. Bond, of Ipswich. 
Surrey. — The tenancies commonly commence at Michaelmas. 
The incoming tenant pays the rent and rates, and the acts of 
husbandry on the fallows ; for half-fallows, young seeds, and 
leys, for dressings and half-dressings of dung, lime, and sheep- 
folding, for the hay and straw at consuming price, and for all the 
manure he finds; also for the underwood down to the stem. 
An allowance is generally made for drainage, extending over 
from ten to twelve years. In making a fallow there should be 
at least four ploughings, but t/ie time and manner in ivhich these 
are ■performed make no difference in the valuation. 
Communicated by Mr. John Simmonds, of Wokingham. 
Sussex. — Tenancies usually commence at Michaelmas. The 
customs are divided into two classes. One of these prevails in 
the north and east of the county, where they are similar to those 
of Kent and Surrey, the incoming tenant having to pay for 
dressings, half-dressings, acts of husbandry, with rent and taxes 
on the fallows, for manure and the hay at a consuming price ; he 
has also to thrash the outgoing tenant's corn, and carry it to 
market, or if he refuses, the outgoing tenant retains the yards 
to fodder his stock until May-day, when the incoming tenant has 
to pay for the manure. 
In the remainder of the county the incoming tenant pays for 
tlie acts of husbandry, the fodder of the straw, and the hay, at a 
feeding price. 
The tenant usually does the repairs, the landlord providing 
materials in the rough within a stated distance. 
Warwickshire. — Lady-day is the time of entry in Warwick- 
shire. An outgoing tenant claims an away-going crop of wheat 
on the fallows, but if it is a " brush " crop it is at the option 
of the incoming tenant to take to it by paying for the seed and 
labour, together with the last half-year's rent. The incoming 
tenant pays also for the breaking-up of winter fallows, but he 
pays nothing in respect of the work on a turnip fallow. He has 
no right of pre-entry to prepare for the spring crop, and he often 
makes an agreement with the outgoing tenant to do the work on 
his behalf. Hay and straw cannot be sold off ; the manure 
belongs to the incoming tenant. The tenant does the repairs. 
Westmorland. — In the north of this county similar customs 
