14 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

CHAPTER IV.

Mode of Occupation.

SECTION 1.

SIZE OF FARMS—-CHARACTER OF THE FARMERS.

THE farms may, in general, be said to be small, few exceeding 3001. per annum, and more being under 100I. a year than above that sum; many(efpecially in the Clays) as low as twenty pounds, or under.

The largest farms, as might be expected, are on the forest in the poorest lands, and which have been lately brought into cultivation. Many of the principal farmers carry on agriculture with great{pirit, adopting the best practices of other countries; nor can it be said that the lesser farmers are backward in following good examples, of which they have seen the success. A very great differ- ence may be seen from the face of husbandry twenty years ago.

SECA:

RENT IN MONEY~IN PERSONAL SERVICES.

Rents, as in other counties, are now universally in money. Some few boons(as they are proyincially called) a.€. obligations to perform some carriage(chiefly of coals) for the landlords, are reserved, besides the rent, but to no great amount. On the other hand, it is not uncommon