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other hand, sulphate of ammonia and nitrate of soda may be too 

 rigorously excluded from all compensation, even when utilised 

 in growing a heavier crop of straw, which results in a larger dung 

 heap, which may be the property of the landlord or incoming 

 tenant. 



In conclusion, your Committee recommend that in future 

 valuations the compensation for the unexhausted value of food- 

 stuffs consumed shall be fixed independently of what they may 

 have cost, but shall be based on their residual manure values 

 alone. 



That as it is obviously impossible to fix any scale of com- 

 pensation which shall apply all round and be equitable in all 

 cases, it is imperative that valuers shall, in each case, take into 

 account such matters as 



What proportion, respectively, has been fed direct on arable 

 land, and on grass ? 



What proportion, respectively, has been fed to milk cows, to 

 young stock, and to fattening stock, or sheep, or pigs ? 



Has the manure been made in covered yards and boxes, or in 

 open yards ? 



Has the manure been afterwards properly cared for, and has 

 it been judiciously applied ? 



Is the soil of a retentive nature ? 



Is the land clean, well drained, and well cultivated ? 



Is the course of cropping adopted of an exhaustive nature ? 



Has the consumption of purchased feeding stuffs been of long 

 continuance ? 



What crops, if any, have been grown since the application of 

 manurial constituents ? 



That as a guide to compensation, after taking all these matters 

 into consideration, they recommend that the table* of the com- 

 pensation values of the foodstuffs in most common use, based 

 on the last three years' consumption, shall be adopted as a fair 

 average, to be increased or decreased according to the special 

 circumstances of each case. 



The figures in this table are substantially based on those given 

 by Dr. Voelcker and Mr. A. D. Hall, in their paper published in 

 the R.A.S.E. Journal, 1902. 



That in the case of hay, straw, and roots sold off the farm, the 

 figures in the preceding table shall be regarded as approximately 

 the loss of manurial value only, varied, however, by such matters 

 as are mentioned in this report. 



That in respect to all other improvements, no uniform scale of 

 compensation can be recommended ; but each one should be dealt 

 with by the valuers on the broad lines set out in this report, viz., 

 that whilst the outgoing tenant is entitled to be paid the full 

 unexhausted value of such improvement, the incoming tenant 



* The table was included in the report. 



