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Buildings generally are out of repair and 

 very dilapidated." 



The production of wheat in 19 17 amounted 

 to only 2 to 2\ qrs. per acre. After the Com- 

 mittee took it over, the wheat crop (50 acres) 

 was estimated to yield 5 to 7 qrs. per acre. 



Case No. 13 (Warwickshire) presents an 

 amazing picture. " This land was brought to 

 the notice of the Board in the summer of 19 17. 

 The area consisted of a farm of about 160 acres, 

 which had been in the tenant's occupation for 

 twenty-seven years, and was entirely in grass, 

 except for a neglected field of about 9 acres ; 

 and of an adjoining farm of about 305 acres 

 over which the same tenant had shooting rights, 

 but which, except for this, was unlet and un- 

 occupied and had not been farmed for thirty 

 years. In a Report to the Agricultural Ex- 

 ecutive Committee the latter farm was described 

 as generally overgrown with thorn bushes, and 

 infested with rabbits, while the ground was 

 covered with worthless herbage. The stock 

 on the tenanted farm comprised 9 cows (7 in 

 milk), 12 calves, 2 ponies, and 1 cart-horse, all 

 being in very poor condition. The tenant 

 worked the farm without any outside labour. 

 The farm buildings and cottages were either 

 in bad repair or derelict. The whole area 

 (465 acres) was stated to have been previously 

 let at a rental of ^500 a year, and the late 

 tenant had grown 60 bushels per acre on 



