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and you may bo sure that be he ever so bad a farmer, he will sec 
that ho will get the benefit of tliis manure in his crops, and also 
be paid a second time for it in money. What would be the 
result? Why, when he quits his farm, and the landlord has it 
to let, the applicants see good crops on the ground, and are 
willing to give an increased rent. Thus the course we suggest 
would tend to the landlord's advantage, and the landlord should 
bear in mind that if the manure bo paid for a second time, he 
does not pay for it but the incoming tenant; while the land- 
owner gets the advantage of such increased rent. To the 
incoming tenant, to whom at first sight the system appears 
productive of hardship, we would say, " The outgoer has grown 
good crops, the manure from which is left you in proportionately 
increased quantity ; " while you may be sure that the larger 
crops the outgoer grows, the less likely you are to have your 
land foul ; for it is a well known fact that however well land is 
farmed, it will get foul with thin crops ; and that the best 
extirpator of couch and weeds is a large crop of turnips or a laid 
field of corn." 
Then with regard to corn cake, (Sec, most agriculturists are 
aware that fat animals, and those in best condition, leave the 
best and most manure behind them, while from animals in poor 
condition very little improvement reverts to the land ; we do not 
think we are far wrong in stating that one full grown fat animal 
will leave more benefit behind him than three poor ones. The 
result of this is that the more liberal the outgoing tenant is, the 
more benefit the incomer will get in the land. 
With regard to draining and other substantial improvements, 
if the former is done by tenant with the consent and concurrence 
of the landlord in writing, in a permanent and substantial 
manner, not less than four feet deep, with a correct plan of such 
drains, then we think the tenant, upon giving up such plans, and 
a satisfactory account of the cost of such draining, should be 
allowed at the rate of 6f per cent, for every unexpired year less 
than twenty from the completion of such draining, but if the 
work has been done within two years he should be allowed 
the full cost. This is the rate at which the estate would be 
charged by a drainage company. 
If the draining is not done in so substantial a manner, or if no 
plan or record of cost be produced, then the cost should only be 
extended' over ten years, or even less if the work should have 
been very imperfectly performed. In case of new buildings 
erected with consent of landlord, in a permanent and sub- 
stantial manner, we think that the tenant should be allowed in 
the same manner as that suggested in respect of draining ; but 
in case the buildings are not erected with the landlord's consent, 
