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OBSERVATIONS. 

 There is nothing that has tended fo much, to the general introduaion 

 of improvements in Agriculture, which have taken place in Pcrthihire, 

 within thefe 50 or 60 years, as granting leafes for a conliderablc number 

 of years, to fubllantial, intelligent, and cnterpriling tenants. 



By this means, artificial manures, fuch as lime and marl, have come 

 to be very commonly uftid ; for in confequence of receiving a leafe for 

 19 or 38 years, the tenant thereby acquires a permanent intereft in the 

 farm, and on that confideration, commences his operations in the moll 

 adive and fpirited manner, and always drains, and limes, or marls that 

 portion of the farm, which is in fallow, during the firft courfe af the rota- 

 tion prefcribed in the leafe. 



But a farmer in Northamptonfhire, who holds his farm from year to 

 year, muft poilefs great faith indeed in the honour of his landlord, if he 

 expends L. 400 or L. 500 on that kind of artificial manure, (which, though 

 fure, is yet flow in its operation), or on any other means of improvement, 

 frorn^ which immediate returns cannot be expeded. And it is a certain 

 fa£t, that a Perth (liire farmer would rather pay 3 s. or 4 s. per acre of addi- 

 tional rent for a farm of tillage land in Northamptonftiire, on a leafe of 19 

 or 21 years, than the prefent rent, and hold the farm on fuch an uncertainty, 

 as ftiould prevent him in prudence from cultivating it to the bell advantage. 



RENT AND TAXES. 



NORTHAMPTON-SHIRE. 



The rent oi" Inclofed lands, runs from 

 17 s. to 25 s. per acre, excliilive of tithes, 

 fro\n which the inclofed land is generally 

 exempted. The average may be reckon- 

 ed at 20 s. to which maj be added 3 s. in 

 the pound for poor-rates. 



The open field lands run from 6 s to 

 10 s. per acre, medium about 8 s. befides 

 about 3 s. 6 d. per acre for tithes ; the 

 poor-rates the fame as above mentioned. 



The rents are paid in money by half- 

 yearly inllalments. The firll half year's 

 rent being payable : i mouths afie^ the 

 tenant's entry to the farm. 



PERTH-SHIRE. 



The rent of lands in the Carfe of Cow- 

 rie is from 30s. to 4,5. per acre, ave- 

 rage about 3j s. 



For lands in the open field flate, from 

 10 s. to 16 s. medium, about 13 s. 



For inclofed lands, "which are all cul- 

 tivated in an alternate courfe of corn and 

 grals liulbandry, 22 s. per acre may be 

 reckoned ihe medium rent. 



The rents in the Carfe of Gowrie are 

 paid partly in money, and partly in wheat 

 and barley. 



In other parts of the county the rents 

 are paid in money, and titlier at Maum- 

 mas, (about the 22d of November;, alier 

 reaping the crpp, or, the one half at that 

 term, and the other half at Whitfunday 

 following. 



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