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amount of the crop; and if he is liberal, he may have 

 something done in the way of improvement. But 

 where he lives at a distance, the probability is, that 

 the estate will go to ruin, while he receives but a 

 small part of his due. The objections to long leases, 

 for rents in money, are, that if the landlord parts with 

 the possession for a long time, he may be injured by i\ 

 bad tenant; that he precludes himself from thechancii 

 of a sale, if a good price should be offered, and that 

 the great iiuctuations in the price of grain, make it 

 impossible to fix a rent in money, without danger to 

 both parties. Where a man has it in view to sell his 

 estate, he may be right in making a short lease; that 

 case forms an exception to the general rule. But 

 where he means to keep it, the objection is removed ; 

 then, as to fluctuation of price, the matter might be 

 easily managed, by reserving a rent of a certain quan- 

 tity of grain, giving the tenant an election to pay the 

 market price in money, which might be more conve- 

 nient thau delivering the grain. That point being 

 settled, a lease for a longer term, fixing the rotation 

 in which the fields should be cultivated, with other 

 proper covenants, would leave the landlord sufficient- 

 ly protected, while it gave the tenant encouragement 

 to meliorate the soil for his own interest. At the end 

 of such a lease, the value of the estate would be in- 

 creased, and the rent might be raised. With great 



