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proviſoes of re-entry on non-payment of rent or aliena= tion,&c. the tenant covenants to pay the rent—all taxes — keep and leave all in repair—not to ſell hay, ſtraw, or other fodder, from of the premiſes—to lay the dung on the premiſes, except that bred the laſt year—not to ſow any hemp, Hax. mliſtard, or rape, except: the laſt for green food—not to depaſture more ſtints the laſt year, than were depaftured for two years preceding—to deſtroy the moles yearly, and ſcale the graſs grounds—to threſh the waygoing crop in an uniform manner, and deliver a daily ſupply cf ſtraw to the next tenant—to keep uneaten the lands ſown with graſs ſceds in the laſt year of the term, from the firſt of O@ober, except one half to be eaten by the ofgoing tenant after the 1 of April, to the end of the term—to permit the leflor to ſow graſs ſeeds on the waygoing crop—and to plough the lands intended for fallow five months before the expiration of the term—to have no more ploughing than* acres at one time— to fallow yearly for wheat, turnips, or other green crops, one-third of the tillage lands, and lay upon every acre cart loads of lime, where neceſſary; or, in lieu thereof, cart loads of dung—not to keep any land in tillage more than three years at one time—to lay to graſs yearly one- third of the tillage lands, and ſow upon every acre pounds of clover,&c.(or other ſeeds ſuited to the ſoil;) to keep ſuch lands in gras at leaſt two or three years,+ be- fore they are ploughed out again—to lay down to grafs, or have in graſs the lait three years, all thoſe fields called |—to keep in graſs

* Generally from one-third to near one-half, on the larger farms; but on ſome ſmall farms it is more.

+ Weak ſoils, improper for corn, ſhould continue in graſs 5, 6, or 7 years, or untilit is thought they want refreſhing by ploughing, which is only uſed in ſuch ſituations as being ſubſervient to ſtock.

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