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01" who, befides their: own eftates, rent extenfive 

 farms from the landlords in their neighbourhood. 



EXTENT OF FARMS, LEASES and RENT. 



There are no very large farms in this county ; 

 for although great progrefs has of late years been 

 made in inclofing the open fields, yet the lands have 

 been in many inftances parcelled and let out again 

 to the former tenants, who occupied them in the 

 open field ftate, and to fuch extent as it was fup- 

 pofed their abilities and circumftances would en-' 

 able them to manage properly ; fo that it is only in 

 the old inclofed parifhes, where there are farms of 

 any confiderable extent ; and even there, the rent of 

 one farm feldom exceeds L. 500 a-ycar. In the 

 new inclofed parilhes, the farms are generally from 

 L. 100 to L. 300 per annum, and in the open field 

 lands, the rents run from L. 50 to L. 150. 



This county may be faid to be principally occu- 

 pied (with a very few exceptions indeed) by te- 

 nants at will, the few leafes that are granted are of 

 no longer endurance than for 7, 14 or 21 years ; 

 and the general conditions contained in them are, 

 that the tenants {hall purfue a certain rotation of 

 cropping ; that they (hall not break up any old pa- 

 fture ground ; that they Ihall not difpofe of hay or 

 ftraw off the farm; and that they Ihall keep 

 the houfes, buildings and fences in proper or- 

 der. The terms of entry are either at Ladyday or 

 Michaelmas, the former being, the period for enter^ 

 ing upon a grazing farm, and the latter on an arable 

 farm. The rent is paid half yearly, and in equal 

 portions. The firft payment is ufually made twelve 



D months 



