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— Agriculture.

258 Sect.

covenant or written agreement made for the benefit of the landlord, such hay etc. ought not to be removed, of which covenants or Produce and agreements the sheriff or other officer shall have received written Growing The tenant against whom execution is issued notice before sale (t). Crops to must give notice to the sheriff of the existence of covenants etc. and Execution. the name and address of the landlord and the sheriff is to give notice to the landlord of his taking possession of such produce (a). The sheriff may dispose of any of the crops or produce under a written agreement that the purchaser will expend the same on the land (5), and allow the landlord to bring an action in his name in The landlord may not discase of breach of such agreement (c). train for rent on any produce severed from the soil and sold subject to such agreement, or on any beasts or carts or implements employed or kept for the purpose of threshing, carrying or consuming such produce (<^). The sheriff may not sell any clover or grass crop growing under any crop or standing corn {e). These provisions do not apply to any straw, turnips or other articles which the tenant may remove from the farm consistently with some contract in writing (/). Growing As above stated (g), where any growing crops are seized and sold crops. under a fi. fa., such crops, so long as they remain on the land, are liable, in default of other sufficient distress, to be distrained by the landlord for arrears of rent accruing due after the seizure and sale (/i). 7.

Liability of

Part V. Sect.

1.

— Compensation.

Comimisation for Improvements

to

Agricultural

Holdings. Generally.

548. In some districts a tenant is entitled on quitting his holding compensation from his landlord by the custom of the country in respect of the unexhausted value of certain improvements, such as applied manure, marling, buildings etc., as well as for tillages, hauling materials, manure heaps etc. In some cases his lease or agreement provides for compensation for specific matters. Without prejudice to the right of the tenant to claim compensation to which he may be entitled under any custom, agreement, or otherwise, a statutory right to compensation for certain specified improvements is given to tenants of agricultural holdings (i), of allotments and cottage gardens, and small holdings (A;). to

{t)

Sale of

Farming Stock

Act, 1816 (56 Geo. 3,

c.

50),

s. 1.

(«) Ibid., s. 2.

Ihid., s. 3. Ibid., s. 4. d) Ibid., s. 6. e) Ibid., s. 7. (/) Ibid., s. 8. [g) Ante, p. 255.

(6) (c)

Landlord and Tenant Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Yict. c. 25), s. 2. the Agricultural Holdings Acts, 1883 to 1906, see note (a), p. 239, ante, [k) Allotments and Cottage Gardens Comj)ensation for Crops Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Yict. c. 26), and Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 54), s. 35, for which see title Allotments, pp. 347, 356, post, and title Small Holdings. (A) (i)

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