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because the owner could not tell out of 

 which portion of land the rent issued. 



At this time the rent that was exacted 

 was generally the old customary rent, and 

 was very moderate in amount. The 

 natural consequence was that there was a 

 great demand for land, and the capital 

 value rose considerably ; or, in other 

 words, the number of years purchase was 

 increased. 



There are one or two other points of 

 interest in connection with the transition 

 from the method of landlord cultivation 

 to that of tenant farming. As the land- 

 owners no longer owned the stock the law 

 of primogeniture ceased to be modified as 

 it used to be, and the younger sons were 

 left poor or unprovided for. Rogers calls 

 attention only to the resulting evils, and 

 speaks of these younger sons as law- made 

 paupers quartered on the royal revenues, 



