jio Mr. William Pitt on the Production and 



notable example in the sacred history of ancient Egypt ; and the same, or a similar 

 practice, is said to exist under the direction of the Mandarins in China. The 

 farmers' stack yard is supposed the best public granary of England, though these, 

 in case of an advance in price, have generally been looked upon with an evil eye by 

 the populace. 



Notwithstanding this, in some future state of increased population, it may, per- 

 haps, be found expedient for Government to turn its attention to some measure of 

 this nature, and as we seem to be on the road to this state of society, it may not be 

 improper to bestow a few thoughts, by way of hint, towards some such measure. 

 Suppose then, that in each one of the 16 corn districts of Mr, Western's Act, a 

 public granary were erected, adjoining water carriage for storing bread corn only, to 

 an amount not exceeding one quarter of a year's consumption of the district, to be 

 laid in when corn was within the bounty on export price, and sold out when it ex- 

 ceeded the prohibition price ; the time of laying in to be from Lady-day to Mi- 

 chaelmas, at which time corn becomes seasoned and fit for keeping, and to be sold 

 cut according to circumstances, when likely to afford the most relief; the respective 

 districts might be under the inspection of the county magistrates, or quarter sessions, 

 and the general management vested in the Board of y\griculture, whose officers might 

 have increased salaries, or increased numbers, for such increase of business ; but this 

 is only given as a hint for future consideration. 



Leases. — An intelligent agricultural friend of mine is of opinion, that if land- 

 lords would more generally grant fair and liberal leases, it would promote improve- 

 ments, occasion a more abundant produce, and be a means of preventing scarcity : 

 to secure the landlord's interest a lease for twenty-one years may be upon the pi in- 

 ciple of advancing the rent upon the expiration of each seven years, by a certain 

 proportion agreed upon : and, as a similar security to the tenant, if at the end of 

 the term they should not agree, the tenant should have a right to be paid for all 

 improvements he left behind him, by the award of two indifferent persons ; the te- 

 nant to be allowed to take fallow crops, as cabbages or potatoes ; and to be com- 

 pelled to lay down clean to grass, after so many years in tillage. 



He is of opinion that one half, at lea;;t, of the wheat fallow ground might be planted 

 with potatoes; and if the other half were completely fallowed alternately, the whole 

 would come under this meihod of cleaning ni rotation ; but this is unnecessary, it 

 can be kept perfectly clean Dy other means and undci crops. 



