also, the tenant has a greater command of ready money 

 than the landlord, and will lay it out with more econo- 

 my, and to more advantage. In that case it may be 

 most advisable for both parties to arrange a plan, by 

 which the buildings are to be erected by the tenant, the 

 farm being let proportionally, at a lower rent, and he 

 receiving a certain sum for those buildings, if valued to 

 that amount, at the termination of his lease *. 



As to repairs, the farm-houses and offices in Scotland, 

 are built in a more substantial manner than those of 

 England ; and it is in general the practice in Scotland, 

 that the tenant shall keep the house in repair. - It is a 

 great addition to the landlord's income, to be exonerated 

 from so heavy a charge, and in Scotland it is rarely 

 found to be attended with any material loss f. 



* Mr Milne of Alvah, near Banff, remarks on the subjecl 

 of farm-buildings, that few farmers have capital sufficient for 

 a farm of 200 acres, the expence of stocking which, at a 

 moderate computation, costs L. 2000 Sterling ; and, if new 

 houses are required, which very often happens, a great deal 

 more is necessary. Any allowance the proprietor gives for 

 building, is seldom or ever paid until the end of the lease ; 

 the tenant's capital is thereby very much drained, before the 

 fields can receive much benefit. It also often happens, that 

 the outgoing tenant has a considerable claim for houses, and 

 in many instances they are so ruinous, that the , f :irmer can 

 neither trust himself or cattle with any degree of safety, but 

 he must be at a great expence in repairing them. In such 

 cases, the landlord should certainly give every assistance he 

 can afford. 



f The case in England is otherwise, and the celebrated 

 Arthur Young remarks, that there is not a more mischievous 

 system, than that of trusting repairs entirely to the tenants : 

 ample experience has proved this. It is much better to 

 charge them with a per-centage on the expence, and with all 

 the carting of materials, and finding beer for all artizans. 



