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the whole period of his lease, till -within a few 

 years of its conclusion, to prevent injury to the 

 farm and succeeding tenant, he should then be 

 restricted to a certain mode of management. 

 In doing this, I apprehend, particular attention 

 should be paid to the operations of the last 

 year. Accordingly, it is submitted, whether it 

 might not be proper to introduce a clause to 

 this effect, That the tenant shall lay down a 

 field, properly prepared and manured, with 

 clover and rye-grass, that he shall reserve an- 

 other field for summer-fallow ; and, if he has 

 been in use to sow turnip, that he shall reserve 

 a field also for this purpose ; all which fields 

 shall be of a size corresponding to the extent of 

 the farm. That lie shall carry on the opera- 

 tion of fallowing, through summer, in a proper 

 manner, and that he shall prepare and manure 

 the field for turnip, sow them, dress them, and 

 take due care of them. That when he leaves the 

 farm, he shall deliver his whole crop of grain, 

 hay, turnip, potatoes, together with the whole 

 dung collected during summer and harvest, to 

 the proprietor, for all which, and for the ex- 

 pence of fallowing, and the value of the grass- 

 seeds, he shall be paid a fair price, according to 

 a valuation put upon them by neutral men, mu- 

 tually chosen. 



From such a plan the greatest benefit would 

 result, both to the outgoing and incoming te- 

 nant, as well as to the farm itself. The present 

 tenant would be under no temptation to slacken 

 his industry, fjis horses and servants can be 

 fully employed, and to the best advantage. 

 Nay, he ha$ the strongest possible inducement 



