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this capital is not easily found ; it does not exist, cer- 

 tainly, on the spot. The proprietors themselves, not 

 being wealthy, are scarcely better able than their tenants 

 to make advances. The money must come from other 

 quarters, by a change either in the farming or the pro- 

 perty, although such crises are always to be lamented. If 

 the large system of farming is to be introduced and in 

 the existing state of ideas and capital in England, it is 

 difficult to see how the resistance of the soil can be other- 

 wise overcome what is to become of that population of 

 small tenant-farmers which for generations have gone on 

 increasing under shelter of the old system \ These un- 

 fortunates, who have cultivated their native soil for gene- 

 rations past, will be forced to emigrate. Such is the 

 decree of modern fate : whoever does not know how to 

 produce enough, is rejected as a burden on the com- 

 munity. 



Several successful attempts demonstrate what the land 

 of Sussex may become in the hands of men of ability 

 and capital. Among these, as foreshadowing its future, 

 is the farm of Hove, near Brighton, tenanted by Mr 

 Rigden, containing about 740 acres, and let for 1300, 

 which makes the rent equal to 35s. per acre. The taxes 

 amount to 150, insurances 100 ; altogether about 

 1550. The annual working expenses are 3000, divided 

 as follows : wages, 1700 ; tradesmen's accounts, 350 ; 

 cost of manure and seeds, 950; total annual expenses, 

 6 per acre. Besides this, Mr Rigden expended on 

 entering the farm 12,000, or about 16 per acre, to 

 bring it into condition. This capital, according to the 

 recognised rule in such cases in England, ought to give 

 a return of ten per cent. Mr Rigden should, therefore, 

 in order to be recompensed, obtain a gross return of 

 about 7, 12s. per acre, or a total of 5600. This is 



