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ments, leave the farm without having reaped the fruits of their 

 outlay, and tlie following is the scale generally adopted. 

 If Draining is done by tenant the landlord pays — 



17s. G(7. in the pounrT nt the end of 1st year ; 



■. .. 15s. „ :, 2nd year ; 



12s. GfJ. ,, ,, 3rd year; 



and so on, decreasing ^th every year. 



Where Orchards are planted by the tenant, and left within 

 eight years, the cost of the trees and interest is paid in full, 

 subsequently decreasing |th every year. 



Where Bones are used on tillage land, without a crop of corn, 

 one half the cost is paid by the landlord at the end of the first 

 year ; or one quarter at the end of the second year ; — on tillage 

 land with corn, the landlord pays one quarter at the end of the 

 first year ; — on grass land mown, it is divided equally over two 

 years, but if not mown over four years ; — in the case of guano, 

 lime, superphosphate, soot, and linseed cake, one quarter is 

 allowed at the end of the first year. The allowances arc 

 generally fair, but that for lime is low : it should rather diminish 

 Hh. every year that no crop is taken, and |ths if the crop is 

 removed. 



To show the usual mode of binding the tenant as to the 

 outgoing crop, I may state that it is usual to restrict the number 

 of acres to be sown with corn after notice to quit has been given 

 or received. The corn allowed to be sown must be either upon 

 well-manured fallow land or clover ley. One tenth of the crop 

 is first allotted for tithe, and of the remainder ^nls of the fallow 

 wheat, and I- of the brush belongs to the tenant. But if the land 

 is not properly fallowed it is to be considered as brush, and the 

 tenant therefore gets a smaller share ; and if an extra quantity 

 is sown the surplus belongs to the landlord, and he can choose 

 the extra number of acres where he thinks proper. 



In this Report upon the agriculture of Shropshire, it has been 

 mv endeavour to particularise the various points ot practice in 

 the several districts. I have offered suggestions where the 

 practice seemed especially to require improvement, and I trust 

 that 1 have fulfilled the object for which these reports on the 

 agriculture of our English counties are prepared, so that the 

 practice of the district may be improved, whilst other parts of the 

 country may imitate any peculiarities which are worthy of 

 adoption. 



The Lodge, Puddyngton, near Crediton, Devon. 



