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be given very important estimates of the amount of disposable surplus, on a 

 clay land, and a turnip-soiled farm. 



1 86 Dr Coventry has drawn up " Estimates of the Produce and Rent of 

 Arable Lands," varying according to the fertility of the soil, and on the cli- 

 mate or height of situation ; with some explanatory observations, ^which are 

 well entitled to the attention of proprietors, and their stewards, on the one 

 hand, and the occupiers of the soil on the other. 



1 87 The nature of these deductions, from the actual produce, will be speci- 

 fied in a paper, written by John Middleton, Esq., which will be inserted in the 

 Appendix, No. I, 



188 Communication from John Middleton, Esq. 



189 Husbandry of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 20J. 



190 Worcestershire Report, p. 41. 191 Berwickshire Report, p. 143. 



192 In Bedfordshire, (Report, p. 152,) 10 per cent.; in Bucks, (Report, 

 p. 97,) JO per cent.; in Berks, (Report, p. 114,) 10 per cent.; in Sussex, 

 (Report, p. 45,) 10 per cent. ; in Caithness, (Report, p. 49,) 10 per cent. ; in 

 Kent, (Report, p. 49,) 11 per cent.; in Dumbartonshire, (Report, p. 68,) 

 ll per cent. ; in Lincolnshire, (Report, p. 47,) 12 per cent. ; in Essex, (Re- 

 port, vol. i. p. 106,) 15 per cent. The profits of farming are not so much as 

 are usual with manufacturers and traders, who often benefit from new inven- 

 tions, Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 40. Farming profits are sometimes in- 

 creased by a large cultivation of some rare plant. Ditto. But on the whole, 

 it appears, that the British cultivator is but poorly compensated for the capital 

 he sinks, and for the labour he undertakes. With such unfavourable pro- 

 spects, when this most useful class of the community can, with difficulty, obtain, 

 a livelihood by their exertions, it cannot be expected, that the agricultural in- 

 terests of the nation will advance, more especially when there are to be added, 

 the risk of unpropitious seasons, and an inundation of foreign corn. Remark 

 by Edward Burroughs, Esq. 



1 93 Cheshire Report, p. 1 2. 



194 Husbandry of Scotland, vol. ii. Appendix, p. 172 ; Derbyshire Report, 

 vol. iii. p. 651, note. 



195 Shropshire Report, p. 128. 



196 Malthus's Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Rent, p. 58. Yet 

 many have begun farming with a small capital, who being frugal and industrious, 

 have turned out excellent farmers, and have even acquired wealth. 



197 Dumbartonshire Report, p. 45. He should also ascertain if there are 

 any local burdens or servitudes upon the farm, as a right of common, after the 

 corn is harvested ; a privilege of cutting down wood, &c. Such burdens ren- 

 der a farm less valuable. The vicinity of a rabbit-warren; of landowners 

 over-anxious about their game; or the neighbourhood of hunts, or coursing 

 clubs, are all deductions from the rentable value of a farm. Derbyshire Report, 

 vol. iii. p. 677. 



1 98 The same system prevails in Ireland, and is considered to be the prin- 

 cipal cause of the periodical disturbances which have so frequently distracted 

 the peace of that country. It is, however, only doing justice to the Irish clergy 

 to observe, that this imposition is, in general, levied with moderation, when vest- 

 ed in their own hands ; but it too often happens, that they leave their tithes to 

 others, who, to enrich themselves, exact the utmost shilling which law or cus. 

 torn will authorise. Remark by Edward Burroughs, Esq. 



199 Brown's Treatise on Rural Affairs, vol. ii. p. 551 ; Derbyshire Report, 

 vol. ii. p. 30. 



200 Worcestershire Report, p. 56. 



201 Kent Report, p. 42. 



202 Among other objections to taking tithe in kind, it is none of the least 

 importance, that a large proportion of the straw, the chief material from which 

 manure is obtained, is carried off the farm, and the means of preserving its fer- 

 tility thus impaired. There are some excellent remarks on the subject of tithes, 

 in the celebrated Dean Tucker's Elements of Commerce, sect. 3. p. 56. If 



