Show flexible farm lease aids tenant landlord the farm security administration s has distributed within the past year copies of its written lease form designed to im improve prove rental arrangements range ments between farm tenants and landlords both have applied in large numbers for this flexible farm lease which is intended to take the place of oral agreements that still prevail in many sections of the country the rental rates clause carries carri es a suggested form for stating exactly the share of each crop or the cash payment the tenant is to give the landlord another matter of concern to the landlord and tenant is the annual renewal of their contract leasing from year to year is a prevalent tenure practice in many cases this procedure works to the disadvantage of both parties tenants hesitate to initiate crop rotations landlords hesitate to make changes or repairs in buildings which may not be needed by succeeding tenants to provide for such cases the flexible farm lease contains an automatic renewal clause this clause in effect causes the lease to remain in in full force until either party wishes to terminate his contract termination of the lease is in accordance cor dance with a period of notice fixed in the contract |