IIO AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF cbap. f. 



bation, I am humbly of opinion that rent should 

 be paid in money, and not in kind. And, as 

 every thing in a contract of this nature should 

 be avoided, that may embarass the operations of 

 the farmer, or lay a foundation for grudging 

 or dissatisfaction, a certain sum of money should 

 be stipulated in full of all demands, with the ex- 

 ception of such victual as the proprietor him- 

 self is bound to pay. Carnages, personal ser- 

 vices, the payment of schoolmaster's salary, and 

 other public burdens, besides the risk and loss 

 of time they otten occasion, are usually consi- 

 dered by tenants as burdens imposed upon them 

 additional to the rent which they ought to pay, 

 and this notion, however unfounded, is often 

 productive of murmur and complaint. 



With respect to the terms of payment, though, 

 in general, Whitsunday and Lammas, the one 

 1 8 and the other 2 1 months after the term of 

 entry, are made the terms of payment, there are 

 some instances of leases, in which Martinmas 

 and Whitsunday, the first 12, and the last 18 

 months, after the entry are made the terms of 

 payment. This plan appears to be rather hard 

 and unreasonable ; nor do I see upon what 

 ground -it can be insisted upon with propriety. 

 It will be admitted that the rent ought and must 

 be paid by the produce of the land. If the mas- 

 ter chuses to have his rent in money rather than 

 in kind, he must allow the tenant a reasonable 

 time to convert the produce into cash. This 

 cannot be accomplished between the conclusion 

 of harvest and the Martinmass immediately fol- 

 lowing. The necessary work upon the farm 

 during that period, will put it out of his power 



