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Agricultural Executive Committees. 



[Aug., 



1919, had sold the crops standing and made no attempt to culti- 

 vate the land. The Committee secured the conviction of the 

 tenant for failure to comply with one of the Cultivation Orders, 

 and also determined his tenancy. In the other case the 

 prosecution was withdrawn. 



(v.) The arable part of a farm of 81 acres in Herefordshire was 

 found to be in a foul condition, fences and ditches were bad, and 

 the greater part of the farm was in a neglected state. ^I'he tenant 

 did not appear to be capable of improving the- cuUivation of the 

 land, and the tenancy was therefore determined. 



(yi.) The tenancy of five fields in the West Eiding of Yorkshire 

 was determined owing to the neglected condition of three arable 

 fields comprised in the holding. The tenant had had several 

 Cultivation Orders served upon him, and received many warnings, 

 but he persistently refused to make any attempt to improve the 

 cultivation. 



(vii.) In September, 1918, a Cultivation Order was served on 

 the occupier of a 216-acre farm in Buckinghamshire. It was 

 practically ignored, and much of the land was f-jund in March, 



1920, to be in a foul condition, with the ditches in •:;reat need 

 of attention. An Order was issued determining the tenancy, 

 owing to the land not having been cultivated according to the 

 rules of good husbandry. 



(viii.) An Order determining the tenancy of a farm of 105 

 acres in Flintshire was issued in February last. The occupier 

 held another farm, and had allowed this one to get into a deplor- 

 able condition. Couch grass and weeds had been mown and 

 made into hay, there had been no attempt to cultivate the land, 

 and the fences had been neglected for years. The occupier 

 appealed to arbitration as to whether the farm had been culti- 

 vated according to the rules of good husbandry. The award was 

 against him, and he had to pay the costs. 



(ix.) Another instance in Wales was that of a lurm of 262 acres 

 in Glamorganshire, which was described as thoroughly foul, and 

 on which the fencing was so defective that the stock wandered 

 from field to field, damaging growing crops. 



Entry on Lands-— In some cases, where no other course 

 seemed possible to ensure proper cultivation. Committees have 

 entered into possession of land and either farm.ed it themselves 

 or let it to tenants. An article describing typical examples of 

 action on these lines appeared in the issue of this Journal for 

 June, 1919, and an account of the general results ippeared in 

 the April issue of this year,, as well as a note in the March 



