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manure spreader is another thing that can be done with profit to 

 both landlord and tenant where considerable quantities of live stock 

 are being kept. Whatever method is followed, it should, of course, 

 be arranged so that an equable distribution of profits be shared. In 

 European countries under systems of long-time leasage, the leases 

 state specifically that should the tenant at any time leave the land, 

 he shall be reimbursed by the landlord for such unused manure 

 or fertilizer as he has applied, while on the other hand, should the 

 landlord make expenditures, the return of which would be shared 

 by the tenant, the landlord must be reimbursed in the case of dis- 

 solving the lease. In other words, the whole proposition is consid- 

 ered as a business transaction where the land is to be maintained 

 at a given state of fertility, and both landlord and tenant are 

 parties thereto. It will be a long time before we come to such a 

 system in this country. Possibly it will never come, but so long 

 as tenancy exists, long-time leases, with a thorough understanding 

 between landlord and tenant as to the absolute maintenance of the 

 fertility of the soil, must be considered as fundamental to a con- 

 tinued soil productiveness. 



