would be the means, in a few years, to raife 

 the rents confiderably, and not hurt the te- 

 nant ; as they would be better able to give an 

 advanced rent, after being improved, than 

 they are at prefent able to give the one half 

 of the prefent rent. 



A few premiums might be of great fervice* 

 See EfTays vi. and vii. 



Encourage labouring with the fpade every 

 where, more particularly at the foot of 

 hills. 



Encourage feuing in every corner of the e- 

 ftate in fmall parcels, particularly muir 

 ground, where the foil and fituation is good, 

 and near water. See the plan of villages in 

 National Improvements. 



Give long tacks to every farmer that is 

 willing to improve, three nineteen years. 

 Suppofe the prefent rent ten fhillings per 

 acre, to rife at the end of the firft nineteen 

 five fhillings per acre* at the end of the fe- 

 cond five fhillings more, which makes the 

 rent double for the laft nineteen years; and 

 fo on, in proportion to what the prefent rent 

 of any farm may be. This will neither hurt 

 proprietor nor tenant, but would tend to im-* 



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