74 THE LANDED INTEREST. 



and thus the mutual connection, while losing 

 something of sentiment, will in time gain more 

 of business and enterprise. 



Land- l n Scotland the necessities of the large land- 



owner s 



necessities owners prompted them, at a much earlier period, 



prompted 



c ir i to see k relief from the embarrassments of entail 



b cotlana. 



by obtaining legislative power to borrow money 

 for the improvement of their settled property. 

 And, when the means were thus provided for 

 executing permanent works, the energies of 

 the tenant-farmers were wisely enlisted in carry- 

 ing these into remunerative effect by the now 

 well-recognised form of a lease of nineteen years, 

 at a fixed rent, to assure the tenant such a 

 period of possession as should at once evoke 

 their best exertions. This system has now been 

 in practice for three generations, and its results 

 are seen in a higher state of general cultivation 

 than that of the sister countries ; greater compe- 

 tition for farms, and a higher scale of rent ; more 

 independence ; and at least as keen an intelli- 

 gence shown in adopting improvements. For a 

 long period the Scotch landowners have been 

 compelled to look into the management of their 



