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AGRICUL TURE 9 uffhough it is evident, by the concurring teftimo- ny of the whole reporters, that, taking all thefe lands at an average, they do not afford half the

produce the fame lands would do, if they were

ut under the ordinary management that ap YOo-, ;, re)

priated farms are fubjeéted to in their refpective diftri€ts; and not perhaps one tenth part of what they might eafily be made to afford, within a very fhort period of time, fhould all other ob- fiructions to improvement be removed.

#It would be tirefome to enumerate the whole faiéts that occur in the different agricultural fur- veys, tending to point out the pernicious tenden- cy of this mode of tenure: but a few of them may be mentioned. In one place it is ftated, that a few inclofures had been made, feemingly with the concurrence of the whole parties con- cerned; but when the hedges had advanced near- ly to become a fence, one of the commonable tenants went deliberately and pulled them up by the roots, and eradicated them entirely. In ano- ther café,[Bucks, p. 29.] the parifhioners having come to an agreement to fow clover, after that practice had been univerfa ly acquiefced in for

the{pace of 18 years, one of the farmers, occu-

pying 16 acres of land, bought a large flock of?

lean theep in the month of May, and turned them

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