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will in twenty years be forty millions — causing 

 most likely a further Rise in Prices — Prospect 

 of Landowner good — of Tenant-farmer more 

 doubtful — His duty to protect himself by the 

 security of a definite and lengthened Term — 

 Either by Purchase of his Farm or by Lease — 

 Good understandings not likely to resist the 

 increasing Pressure of Competition — Facilities 

 given to Farmers by Government for Purchase 

 in Ireland — if extended to England and Scotland 

 would be more rapidly appropriated — Somehow 

 a definite Term must be secured — Time essen- 

 tial in the Operations of Agriculture — Earl of 

 Leicester's Lease an admirable Example in its 

 principal Features — which admit of Freedom of 

 Management, and provide for Renewal without 

 Exposure to undue Competition — The Labourer, 

 his Work lightened, and Intelligence stimulated, 

 by extended use of Machinery — Cheap Means 

 of Transit, and high Wages of Colonies make 

 him more independent — His political Position 

 likely soon to be improved 142 — 156 



APPENDIX. 



Table showing Rent, Prices, Wages, and Produce 



in three periods during the last hundred years... 157 



