1805.] On Farming in tine Northern Counties,
have his 100l. at interest, at five per cent. tban risk it in im- proving his farm under Such uncertainties 5 apd that it will be the Surest game, to take eve7y advantage of the iarma in his power.
Ou the other hand, if his lease had been for iwenty-oue years, he would have foreseen, that, by laying out his 1001. he would gain 2001. and as“ the hope of reward Sweetens Jabour,* be would have doubled his exertions, and goue on from improvement to improvement; and at the expiration of his term, bis landlord would have the Satisfaction ef Seeing his tenant had acquired a competency, his farm 3 value, and the community bepefited by the duce. We have heard, it is true, Some arguments urged favour of letting zo Zeuses 3; Such as would hb been us by a feudal lord, and which we are persuadeg, cCanuok long be held by liberal and benevolent minds, ebhginter: by Science, or anxious to promote the true interesis of he Country.
My Sentiments are in unison with those of the 1 authors of the Agricultural Survey of Cumberland; mdeed, I
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few, if any,. tenants, will Substfantially amehiora
longer than the time necessary for the cultivation of one crop; or expend their money in improvements, of which another
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nagement will continue to prevail, of which county surveyors have just]ly complained in the board of agriculture. Whatever therefore, has a ten- deney to induce the proprietors of the Spl, t9 grant their nants leases of proper endurance, must be€
of the State 3; yet, in one 30 free and enlightene would be questionable policy to compel, by leg lations,. the land-owners to grant leages agalbst their inchln uon. 1 Sincerely hope that a proper attention to, and regard for, their own and their country's prosperity, will render Such interference UNNeCCesSAary.
The question of leases Seems to involve the b of the country, whether it be considered as a morai and 3 Jitical, or as an agricultural and economical one: for not guly the regard of the lower, for he higher orders ai- SO