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iii. rural husbandry.
merits must be placed in the condition in which they were when the tenant
began his occupancy.
If the landlord has lent the tenant cattle or implements to be employed on
the land, and if a certain value has been placed on what has been thus lent,
the tenant shall be obliged, during the period of his tenancy, to keep on the
farm, etc., animals or implements of a corresponding kind and value, and the
said animals or implements, whether they are the original ones or have been
procured during the period of the tenancy, shall be the property of the
landlord.
In addition to the above paragraphs, the new law mentioned contains a
number of regulations respecting methods and formalities, which would hardly
interest the reader.
A proclamation dated June 4, 1908 contains new regulations concerning
Crown farm lands let on lease. As a rule, the length of the lease is twenty
years, the tenant having priority of choice in the event of a fresh lease being
granted at the close of this term. When a lease is granted, it shall stipulate
what new erections the tenant is to carry out. If these prove to be greater
than will allow of the work being spread over the whole term of tenancy, the
tenant can obtain compensation for the superfluous amount, in the first place
by means of a reduction of the rent. If, with the consent of the Crown Lands
Board, the tenant carries out on a large scale the cultivation of new areas or
draining operations, which are to the great advantage of the land, but which,
during the period of tenancy, will hardly result in a return to the tenant
commensurable with his expenses, he may be compensated by a reasonable
reduction of the rent for one or more years. Compensation shall be made in the
same way for drain-tiles used in draining operations.
The year before he relinquishes the land, the tenant shall carry out the
regular autumn work, such as tilling the fallow, plowing, sowing winter corn
and seed for which he shall receive compensation from the incoming tenant. No
permission can be given to remove manure, but, on certain conditions, the Crown
Lands Board can permit hay and straw to be carried away. A part of this
fodder remaining at the close of the tenancy, shall be given to the incoming
tenant without compensation. The remainder shall be dealt with in accordance
with the general law concerning landlord and tenant.
Respecting the inspections carried out when a tenant takes possession of a
farm and when he quits it, the ordinary regulations shall be in force, but, in
addition, the Intendant of the Crown Lands shall inspect the land at least once
every five years, for the purpose of seeing how the land is being farmed, and
whether the tenant is carrying out the various conditions on which the lease
was granted.
The Norrland Laws.
A special place in Swedish legislation is occupied by the so-called
Norrland Laws, passed in 1906 and 1909, and supplemented in 1912. The
law of 1906, which affects the Läns of Västernorrland, Jämtland,
Västerbotten, and Norrbotten, and parts of the Läns of Gävleborg and Kopparberg,
contain prohibitions for companies or economic associations to acquire landed
property within the various läns, this, with certain exceptions. The chief
of these exceptions are: landed estate intended for building plots, storage
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