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value of the feeding-stuff after consumption, as given in the 
Table at page 11, is adopted as the basis, and it is assumed 
that the quantity of the feeding-stuff accepted as the year's con- 
sumption is the average amount of two, three, or more years, as. 
the case may be, and the allowance is made on a declining scale 
from year to year, according to the crop grown, &c., as already 
fully explained. 
OxE Ton of Food Coxslhed per 
" Original value " 
or 
Purchasing Price. 
Allowance 
according to 
Linciilnsbire 
Custom ; 
half One Year's 
Consumption. 
Allowance 
according to 
JIanure-value ; 
on Three Years' 
Consumption. 
Allowance 
by " Custom " 
more (+), or less (— 
than by 
" Manure-value." 
Cotton-cake, de-l 
corticated . . / 
£ .s. d. 
10 10 0 
£ s. d. 
5 5 0 
£ s. d. 
8 5 9 
£ s. d. 
- 3 0 9 
Linseed cake . . 
12 10 0 
6 5 0 
5 17 11 
-r 0 7 1 
Wheat . . 
9 10 0 
4 15 0 
2 2 1 
-)- 2 12 11 
Although, according to the Lincolnshire custom, the allow- 
ance is half the original value of the last, or one year's con- 
sumption only, it is a condition that the quantity claimed upon 
shall only be a fair average of the consumption of three years : 
so that, in point of fact, the allowance, though only part of one 
year's consumption, is, as in the case of my own scale, arranged 
to compensate for more than the consumption of the last year 
alone. In the case of my own scale, 17s. is allowed for every 
20s. of original " manure-value " of the food if consumed on the 
land during the last year, and 16s. if consumed in the yards ; 
and in the example given in the Table, it is supposed that half 
is consumed on the land, and half in the yards ; 7s. in 20s. is 
allowed for the amount consumed with roots in the last year but 
one, followed by a corn-crop ; and 2s. for the amount consumed 
in the last year but two, followed by corn, and this by grass 
or hay consumed. 
Of all purchased feeding-stuffs, linseed-cake is the one in 
the use of which farmers have the greatest experience, and the 
feeding and manure-value of which are therefore the best under- 
stood. It will be seen that the allowance for it is, according 
to the Lincolnshire custom, nearly the same as according io 
my more elaborate scale ; and the agreement would be nearer 
still, if it were not that the cost of the cake is taken at the 
present exceptionally high price. 
