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Land Tenure in Oregon. 119 been seeded for the next crop, subject to^ the terms of this lease until the said growing crops, if any, have been harvested. But should the said party of the second part have lands that are plowed or summer fallowed and the same be not seeded, then the parties of the first part, if they so^ elect, may pay for the same at the rate of $1.00 per acre for land so plowed, and at the rate of $1.25 per acre for each harrowing, if any there be, and the said parties of the second part agree to give to full and immediate possession of the premises herein described when so paid. It is agreed that there should be no plowing or summer fallowing, as herein specified, that the parties of the second part shall give full, immediate and peaceable possession of the said premises in case of sale, upon written notice thereof. It is further understood and agreed that the parties of the second part are to fence all the land described herein as the parties of the first part may direct, in a good and sufficient manner, the parties of the first part to furnish the material for said fence at lone, Oregon. It is further understood that the title to the crops , raised on the premises herein described be and remain in the said parties of the first part, until the parties of the second part shall perform all the covenants and agreements herein con- tained. And the parties of the first part reserve the right to enter upon said premises and mark their share of the crops after the same have been threshed. It is hereby agreed that the parties shall farm all the land herein described, in a good and husbandlike manner during the life of this lease. That he will find and furnish all seeds necessary to be sown, and that they will seed all the summer fallow not later than October 15th, unless permission is granted in writing by the parties of the first part to do otherwise. That they will plovv at least three inches deep, and that they will immediatel)^ harrow the lands so plowed to^ keep the same from drying out, and that they will also harrow the same dur- ing the summer months sufficiently to retain the moisture and

prevent the growth of weeds. And that they will complete all----