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acres each. The land here is hilly ; the hollows of each 

 farm will, when drained, be the arable part — the rising 

 ground is intended for grazing. Lord Lucan will build 

 suitable farm-steadings and substantial enclosures ; he 

 will drain it where necessary, remove all obstructions to 

 tillage, and give a 19 or 21 years' lease. Rent of each 

 farm about £600, and poor-rate guaranteed not to 

 exceed Is. per acre. 



Lord Lucan has been much blamed for dispossessing 

 the people who formerly held the land. It is not for 

 me to discuss that question, nor have I all the informa- 

 tion which would be necessary for any one to form a 

 satisfactory judgment upon it ; but when the amount of 

 employment he is now giving, and the superior style 

 of husbandry practised on his farms, are taken into 

 account, it may be doubted whether the former posses- 

 sors could earn as much by the miserable cultivation of 

 their own lands as they now do in the capacity of hired 

 labourers. There can be no doubt of the vast increase 

 of the total annual produce under the present system, 

 and the gain to the entire community must be the 

 greater by the amount of that increase. 



Lord Lucan is probably the most extensive tillage- 

 farmer in Great Britain. He has at present upwards of 

 10,000 acres under his personal superintendence, having 

 farm-stewards on the different farms, who all take their 

 instructions from himself. He had this year upwards of 

 1000 acres of white crop, and between 400 and 500 acres 

 of green crop. He has a stock of 800 cattle, 60 of which 

 are working bullocks, and 600 sheep. He has 40 work- 



