AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF cbap. 



tidUs how he sells any part of his straw, well 

 knowing that this must diminish the necessary 

 supply of manure, and thereby hurt both the 

 land and his own interest. 



Upon this supposition, then, a farm of 200 

 acres cannot be completely improved in a shorter 

 period than 20 years. And what is true with 

 respect to a farm of 200 acres, is equally true 

 of a farm of any other size ; because every thing 

 else must be in proportion. Let it be granted, 

 however, that the improvements may be com- 

 pleted in 1 7 or 1 8 years ; yet, even in that case, 

 no tenant can be supposed to proceed uniformly 

 in his operations to the last, under a lease of 1 9 

 years. At the commencement, indeed, he goes 

 on with spirit, and grudges no necessary labour 

 or expence, knowing that he will be amply re- 

 imbursed. And this he may continue to do, 

 during the first ten or eleven years of his lease : 

 at which period he will have completely im- 

 proved 100, perhaps 120 acres of his farm. He 

 now naturally pauses : he looks forward and 

 sees the termination of his lease fast approach- 

 ing. His encouragement to proceed with the 

 same spirit as before, is greatly diminished. 

 .From the labour and expences upon new im- 

 provements for the next three or four years, he 

 observes no tempting profits can be expected ; 

 and, during the last three or four years, instead 

 of making any profit, he knows he must be sub- 

 jected to considerable loss, if he shall be obliged 

 to leave the farm. 



Besides, it is to be observed, that the part of 

 his farm which remains unimproved towards the 

 end of the tack, will readily be the worst, and 



