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one-half of all livestock, including poultry but not including horses; one-half of all feed and salt for same, pay one-half of the fee for registering purebred partnership livestock; pay one-half of the freight charges for shipping, feed, seed, fertilizer, or partnership livestock, to or from the farm; pay onehalf of the expenses for veterinarian or stock medicine (except for lessee's horses); pay one-half of the usual machine expense for threshing, hulling clover, filling silo, shredding fodder, and baling hay, together with one-half of the fuel charge for same in case it is necessary to buy fuel for such machine work; pay one-half of the taxes on the undivided livestock and crops held in common, and one-half of the cost of insuring the same; pay one-half of the telephone rent; and shall receive one-half of the increase and receipts from the sale of all crops and livestock, except as hereinafter provided.

The lessee shall furnish and keep in repair at his expense, all machinery necessary for the successful operation of said farm, except the following.

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which the lessor agrees to furnish with the understanding that the lessee shall take proper care of the same and repair any breakage not due to natural wear and tear or unavoidable accident.

The lessee shall furnish all labor, and all the horses necessary for operating the farm, the horses to be fed from undivided feed. In case colts are raised the lessor shall pay the breeding fees and shall have a half interest in the colts.

Section 3. Purchase of Interest in Each Other's Livestock, Feed, etc. Each party agrees to purchase one-half interest in as much of the livestock, feed, seed, fertilizer or lime belonging to the other party at the beginning of this lease, as it is mutually agreed shall be used on this farm. In the case of feeds not weighed the following rule shall apply; ear corn shall be measured in the crib and 2.5 cubic feet considered one bushel; oats, barley, what and rye shall be measured in the bin and 1.25 cubic feet considered one bushel; hay shall be measured in the mow or stack and 400, 450, 500 cubic feet considered one ton. No charge shall be made to the lessee for straw or fodder in the barns or on the fields on said farm, nor shall the lessee claim reimbursement for any such material

remaining on the farm at the termation of the lease, nor shall he remove any straw or fodder from the farm without the consent of the lessor.

Section 4. Note May Be Given by Lessee. The amounts owed to either party by the other party under the provisions of section 3 of this lease, shall be set off against each other and the difference paid in cash. Provided, however, that if the difference is owed by the lessee, he may give the lessor his note for the same, payable in......months with interest at......%.

In the event of the termination of this lease before the maturity of said note, the note shall become due immediately, and the debt shall constitute a prior lien on the lessee's share of livestock, feed, and other supplies on the farm.

Section 5. Crops and Soil Treatment. The crops to be grown and the soil treatment to be given on each field of the farm during the continuance of this lease shall be mutually agreed upon by the lessor and the lessee.

Section 6. House, Garden, Truck Patch. The lessee shall have the house, garden spot, and a truck patch, the latter not to exceed...... acre, for the use of his family. He agrees to keep the premises in neat and tidy condition, and to use precaution in protecting all vines, bushes and shade trees from injury.

Section 7. Fuel for Family Use. Lessee shall have the dead and down timber for fuel, but he shall not use for fuel any logs suitable for saw timber, or any sawn timber or rails, nor shall he cut down live trees.

Section 8. Meat. The lessee shall have the right to butcher as many hogs as he shall need for the use of his family. He shall weigh such hogs and pay the lessor for one-half of them at market price.

Section 9. Poultry. All poultry kept on the farm shall be owned in partnership. Lessee shall be allowed poultry and eggs for family consumption only on this farm. The receipts from all poultry and eggs sold shall be shared equally.

Section 10. Dairy Products. The lessee shall be allowed milk for family consumption only on this farm. All other milk and milk products shall be shared equally by the lessor and the lessee.

Section 11. Buying and Selling. Buying and selling of partnership property shall be left largely to the lessee, provided, however, he shall make no purchases or sales involving amounts over $......without first obtaining the consent of the lessor. An account for the farm shall be opened at the...

Bank of....

...

.in the partnership name of.

All partnership receipts shall be deposited to this account, and all partnership expenses paid therefrom by check. All checks for amounts over $. . . . . . shall be signed by both parties. Division of this account between the parties shall be made as convenient, and neither party shall check money directly from this account for personal use.

Section 12. Pasturing Stock for Outside Parties. No livestock not partnership, other than the lessee's horses, shall be kept on the farm, except that the lessee may pasture stock for outside parties with the consent of the lessor, the proceeds to be shared equally.

Section 13. Orchard. The lessor agrees to furnish a sprayer and the poison for spraying the fruit trees, and the lessee agrees to perform all the labor of spraying and pruning said trees. The lessee shall be allowed fruit for family use on this farm only, the proceeds from the sale of the remainder to be shared equally. The lessee agrees to protect the fruit trees from damage by stock.

Section 14. Tile. The lessee agrees to keep the tile outlets open and to replace broken tile, the lessor to furnish the material.

Section 15. Building Repairs and Fence Repairs. The lessor agrees to furnish the necessary material and the lessee to do the necessary work to keep the buildings and fences in good repair, except in the case of extensive repairs necessary to buildings to replace them in whole or in part following damage by elements or by unavoidable accident, or to remodel in such a way as to be in reality a permanent improvement to the farm, in which case the lessor shall pay for the work necessary in making such repairs. Help hired for this purpose shall be boarded by the lessee at a charge of......cents per meal.

Section 16. Hauling. The lessee agrees to haul to the farm

any material needed for repair to fences, building or tiles, and to do all of the usual necessary hauling about the place free of charge. He shall haul to the nearest market, without charge to the lessor, all crops, livestock, or livestock products which are to be marketed.

Section 17. Manure. The lessee agrees to protect from leaching and tramping as far as is practical with the facilities which may be on the farm, all manure produced on said farm, and to haul this manure to such fields and at such times as will be most beneficial to crops and land.

Section 18. Weeds. The lessee agrees to cut all weeds, briers and bushes on cultivated fields, fence rows, ditch banks and road ways, and to keep same cut during each season.

Section 19. Assignment and Subletting. This lease shall not be reassigned by the lessee, nor shall he sublet any part of the farm without the written consent of the lessor.

Section 20. Enforcement of Performance of Agreement. If the lessee shall fail to perform any labor or fail to take care of the farm as provided in any of the covenenats of this lease, the lessor may hire others to perform such labor or repair the damage due to such neglect, and charge the cost of such labor or the amount of such damage, or both, to the lessee, the amount of such charge to become a prior lien on the undivided one-half interest in stock and crops of the lessee.

Section 21. Forfeiture and Arbitration. If the lessee shall fail to perform the labor or exercise the care agreed upon to such an extent as to threaten or cause serious injury to crops, stock or farm, the lessor shall have the right to re-enter and take full possession of the farm, and the lessee shall peaceably vacate the premises. The differences between the two parties shall be referred to a board of three arbitrators, one to be chosen by each party and the third by these two. The decision of these arbitrators shall be final and binding upon the parties of this contract.

Section 22. Clover Seeded, Ground Plowed, etc. Upon the termination of this lease the lessee agrees to leave as much clover and alfalfa seeded, as much land in meadow, and as much ground plowed as when he took possession of the farm, this being understood to be...... acres of clover,

. acres

of alfalfa, ground. Section 23. Lessee to be Reimbursed for Limestone, Fertilizer, etc. In case of the termination of this lease before the lessee shall have secured the just benefits from any expense he may have in good faith put upon the farm, the lessor shall reimburse him to the amount such expense would benefit an incoming tenant.

acres of meadow and... ... acres of plowed

If raw rock phosphate or ground limestone has been applied during this lease, the lessee shall be reimbursed by the lessor for his share of such limestone or rock phosphate still in the ground as follows:-if only one crop has been grown since the application the lessee shall receive three-fourths of the total cash cost of his share of such material applied; if two years' crops have been grown he shall receive one-half, and if three years' crops have been grown, one-fourth of said cost. In addition the lessor shall reimburse the lessee for that portion of the lessee's cost of hauling and distributing from which he has not yet benefited. This reimbursement for hauling shall be at the following rates per ton: if no crop has been grown since the application...... for limestone and... ...for rock phosphate; after one year's crop......for limestone and... ...for rock phosphate; after two year's crop.... for limestone and... ...for rock phosphate; after three years' crops......for limestone and......for rock phosphate. No reimbursement shall be made for limestone or rock phosphate after four years' crops have been grown.

If acid phosphate, complete fertilizer, or other readily available fertilizer has been applied at the rate of three hundred pounds or less per acre, and one crop has been grown since its application, no reimbursement shall be made to the lessee for his share of such fertilizer, but if such fertilizer has been applied at the rate of more than three hundred pounds per acre and only one year's crop grown since the application, the lessor shall reimburse the lessee for fifty per cent of the lessee's share of the cash cost of such fertilizer in excess of three hundred pounds.

For applying barnyard manure, the lessee shall be reimbursed in full for a reasonable cost of application (not including

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