70 THE LANDED INTEREST. 



by landowner, farmer, and labourer, the three 

 interests engaged in its production, will stand a 

 favourable comparison with that of any other 

 country. 

 Special There are characteristic features in the 



features 



presented business relation between the landowner and 



by it in 



each of the farmer which deserve notice, in its application 



three 



countries to the three countries, England, Scotland, and 



in Eng- 

 land, Ireland. In England the general system is 



tenancy at will, by which the connection may 

 be terminated on six months' notice. The 

 result is, that the notice is rarely given, changes 

 of tenancy are comparatively few, and systems 

 in Scot- of management are slowly altered. In Scotland 



land, 



there has long been tenancy on a nineteen 

 years' lease. The certainty of the tenure up to 

 a fixed time prompts immediate enterprise to 

 make the most of that definite period, and 

 changes of tenant at its conclusion have become 

 frequent. There can be no doubt that this has 

 been attended with a more hearty and ready 

 appreciation of improved processes on the part 

 of both landlord and tenant, and a higher scale 

 of wages to the labourer. It still needs, how- 



