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CHAPTER V. 



LANDOWNER, FARMER, AND LABOURER. 



The land- THE landowners are the capitalists to whom 



owners ; 



their the land belongs. Their property comprises the 



position, 



duties, and so il and all that is beneath it, and the buildings 



influence : 



and other permanent works upon it, required for 

 the accommodation of the people, and of the 

 working stock employed in its cultivation. 

 Thus, where the land itself may be worth 35 

 an acre, the buildings, roads, fences, and drain- 

 age may have cost the landowners 15 an acre 

 more. The landowner has thus two capitals in 

 the land, one of which is permanent, and 

 growing in value with the prosperity of the 

 country, the other liable to decay, and occa- 

 sioning cost in repair. In nearly all perma- 

 nent improvements arising from the progress of 

 agriculture he is also expected to share the 

 cost. And he is necessarily concerned in the 



