any  lien  which  may  have  attached  to  It  An  agricultural  Hen  which  describes
for  advance!  while  the  cropper  was  In  poa-  the  land  on  which  the  crop  is  to  be  grown
session.  Thigpen  v.  Leigh,  93  N.  C.  47.  as  "  a  tract  of  land  in  Granville  County
The  lien  in  aid  of  advances  is  iu  pref-  known  as  tho'C,  H.  Dement,  dee'd,' or
erence  to  all  other  liens  except  that  of  any  other  lands  he  may  cultivate  during
the  landlord  for  rente.  Wooten  v.  Hill,  the  year  1898, "is sufficient;  The  words  "or
B8  K.  C.  48,  3  S.  £.  Hep.  846j  Branch  c.  any  other  lands  he  may  cultivate,"  being
Galloway,  105  N.  C.  193,  10  8.  £.  Rep.  mere  surplusage.  Perry  v.  Bragg,  109  N.
91 1 ;  Bpruill  e.  Arrington,  109  N.  C.  192,  C.  303, 14  S.  E.  Rep.  97.  Tbe  lien  is  op
18  8.  K.  Rep.  779.  entire  only  on  the  land  particularly  de-
A  mortgagee  of  a  cotton  crop  bos  no  scribed.  Gwathiney  r.  Eihericlge,  99  N.  C.
lien  for  further  advances  made  to  enable  671,  6  8.  E.  Rep.  411.
the  mortgagor  to  secure  the  crop,  which  '  The  lieu  is  valid  as  between  the  par-
will  take  precedenceof  a  second  mortgage  ties,  although  not  registered  within  the
duly  recorded.  The  fact  that  tbe  ad-  time  limited.  Gay  t>.  Nub,  78  N.  C.  100;
varices  were  essential  to  the  gathering  of  Reese  v.  Cote,  93  N.  C.  67.  But  If  the
the  crop,  which  might  otherwise  have  been  lien  Is  not  registered,  it  is  invalid  as
lost,  doe*  not  aid  the  claim.  The  doctrine  against  subsequent  purchasers  and  mort-
contended  for  is  a  principle  of  maritime  gagees.  Lawrence  r.  Week*,  19T  H.  C.
