spring; smudging and orchard heating. 

 Gales, direction of prevailing winds, wind 

 breaks; local geography of district in 

 which one lives. Rainfall and tempera- 

 ture as influencing crops. 



Law in Relation to Fruit-Growing.— 

 If land is to be rented, ascertain two 

 things : (1) that the land is suitable for 

 fruit-growing; (2) that the landlord is in 

 sympathy with the use of his land as a 

 fruit farm, and will compensate you on 

 quitting if you have really improved the 

 letting value of his farm by planting fruit. 

 Study the Agricultural Holdings Act as 

 regards fruit planting, realise that the 

 words " this farm is let as a fruit farm," 

 must appear in the agreement or lease, in 

 order to be able to claim compensation for 

 fruit planting. Solicitors who control and 

 manage estates appear to think it their 

 duty to be unfair to the fruit farmer, and 

 omit the words, or put in something to 

 make the Act not apply. Beware ! If no 

 compensation is agreed, insist on the 

 lease being for 21 years or longer. Deal 

 with the landlord himself, or his agent, 

 rather than with a solicitor, who knows 

 nothing about land management, and cares 

 nothing about the property, except for 

 grinding rent out of it. A landowner, of 

 course, has a right to know what acreage 

 a tenant wishes to plant, and what com- 

 pensation would be likely to be. Do not 

 enter the farm till all points in the agree- 

 ment are on paper and you have agreed to 

 them. The best English landlords are the 

 best in the world; many take personal 

 interest in their estates and in the wel- 



fare of their tenants; choose one of them 

 and prove yourself worthy. 



An agreement for one or two years can 

 be drawn up by a land agent, but a lease 

 for three or more years must be drawn up 

 by a solicitor, for the latter there is a 

 scale of fees based on the rental. The 

 cost of the lease should be borne equally 

 by landlord and tenant. The cost of a 

 lease can be arranged beforehand inde- 

 l)endent of the scale. 



Land Purchase and Enfranchisement 

 OF Copyhold. — If purchasing land or a 

 farm, study the system of National Land 

 Registry; the office is in Lincoln's Inn 

 Fields, London. It is the best possible 

 systern, adopted in Canada and other 

 Colonies. The deeds are registered once 

 for all and a property can be transferred 

 in half an hour by buyer and seller meet- 

 ing at the Land Registry, instead of a 

 squabble between solicitors lasting, say, 

 half a year, thus saving time and money. 

 C. H. H. has had some experience. If 

 one wishes to enfranchise copyhold land 

 and redeem " quit rent," get it carried 

 through by the Ministry of Agriculture, 

 rather than by solicitors. I know of one 

 case in 1920 in which the buyer and seller 

 of a property had to pay £20 between 

 them to get rid of the copyhold tenure 

 and annual quit rent of 2s. on an acre of 

 grass land. England wants inexpensive 

 and quick transfer of land, the heavy 

 expenses, largely owing to legal expenses, 

 are a tremendous hindrance that should 

 be done away with for the good of the 

 country. 



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