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have increased his reutj andj as it were, exhausted the benefit arising' 

 from the £27 per annum, which he obtained for manure in the first 

 term of his holding*. 



Again, suppose he surrendered his second term Iw giving up the 

 farm in its normal condition, he as tenant under the circumstances, 

 would in effect forfeit the advantage which the allowance for manure 

 and feeding stuffs afforded him, and thus, as it were, pay the landlord 

 compensation for his loss in fertility to the extent of the manure clause. 

 The design of the produce scheme for rents, with its allowance for 

 manure and feeding stuffs contemplated this result, and was proposed as 

 a guarantee to the landlord for, and an encoiu'agement to, the tenant in 

 maintaining increased productiveness, as exemplified on the Wilton House 

 Home Farm in 1873, and on Mr. Martin Small's extensive holding at 

 Shapwick in 1883. 



