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present moment there seems little likelihood of any 

 serious attempt being made in this country. For 

 game has taken possession of the moorland, as of 

 other land of low agricultural value, and having once 

 got possession it is not easily displaced. A system of 

 farming is in vogue that does not clash with game ; 

 sheep are allowed to graze on the moorland, while 

 the lower fields are kept in grass to furnish a little 

 hay when needed. The land thus yields two rents : 

 the shooting tenant on a Lancashire moor may pay 

 3s. Qd. per acre, while the agricultural tenant pays 

 2s., a total of 5s. Qd. Any agricultural development 

 that involved displacement of the game would have 

 to yield a sufficiently increased rent over the whole 

 moor or the owner would lose financially, and it is 

 difficult to see on our present knowledge what agri- 

 cultural system could do this 1 . Only a properly 

 conducted experiment could decide the matter. 



1 An instance is given by Mr Pell in the Journal of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society for 1887, where 24. Is. 6d. was spent per acre 

 in reclaiming a moor, and the increased rental only amounted to 

 3*. 2d. per acre. 



