Ae) AGRICULTURAL SURVEŸ

feſlion: and ſo high a name have many of the farmers obtained for their ſuperior knowledge in rural affairs, that they are ſeldom without pupils from various and diftant parts of the kingdom, with wham they have very hand- ſome premiums.*— Amongſt the preſent pupils may be reckoned the ſon of an Earl and the ſon of a Baronet ¿—- who, from their abilities, attention, and anxious readineſs to learn and work at every operation, we hope will do cre- dit to the profeflion, and render the moſt efiential ſervices to their reſpedtive diſtricts.

SECT: 3.— Rent.

The rent—of lands in this county uſed formeriy to be clogged with payments in kind, and perſonal ſervices: But theſe have been long diſuſed, and the whole is now paid in money.— The rents are moſily due on the 12th of May and the 22d of November; but payment is ſeldom reguired till four or five nionths after being due.

The rent per acre muſt vary with the quality of the land, and other circumſtances: At a diſtance fróm towns, and for the purpoſes of farming only, lands may be had from one ſhilling per acre up to 3o and 40 ſhillings:— Laſt year, a farm of upwards of 2000 acres was let for 20s. an acre, unincloſed, but tithe-free of grain:—One of óo0 acres, at 245. per acre, pays all tithes:—Another of 300 Acres, at 355. per acre, tithe-free, well incloſed, and in high condition, and ſeveral other large farms that pay tithes of every kind, have been let as high as from 27 to 37s. per acre; and ſome old rich grazing paſtures along the ſca-coaîlt let for 40s. per acre.

* Generally 1001, per annum.

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