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2 AGRICULTOR NE SUR EY

tion; ds does alſo the introduction of the turnip, althougk the cultivation at preſent be not ſo extended, nor treated in the moſt huſbandman-like manner. Yet this, and all the above examples; are introduced to prove that a Lancaſhiré farmer, though not a complete agriculturiſt, is not without ſome ſpirit of improvement:

SECT. 2. Refit.

THE rent of lands is very variable in the diferent parts of the county, from ten ſhillings to ten pounds per annum, the large acre, of éight yards to the rod; the latter enormous fum, being frequently paid in the vicinity of large towns, for particular accommodation.‘The price paid by the farmer is from ten ſhillings for ſome barren lands, up to twenty, thirty, forty, and ſome(but not many) as high as eighty ſhillings per acre

per annum(large mealure,) DECT. 3—Tythes.

THE tythes are in many places colleted, one eleventh of the corn—the hay 1s freguently converted, five ſhillings der acre for old meadows, ſix ſhillings per acre for furſt year’s clo- ver(acre large meaſure.)

SECT, 4—Poor Rates.

PooR rates are at Liverpool 2s. 6d. per 1b.; at Walton 2d. per lb.; at Mancheſter 65s. per Ib. at a highly-valued rental, but taxed at only half value, they are therefore at 35s. per 1b. on the rental; at Bolton 6s. a late aſſeſſment, but would be 45s. of full and preſent value; Rochdale about 45.; at Weſt Houghton 165. the pound; Aſhton SS. der ánnum; Oldham 5s per annum on the full rental.

SECT. 5— Leaſes.

MANvy farms are held by leaſes on three lives*, on which a fine has been paid, and a ſmall annual rent reſerved; and

* When a leaſe is granted for three freſh lives, on an average‘the term Laíts upwards of ço years, 3 ſometimes