jG MANAGEMENT OF ESTATES. 4. 



and on fome extraordinary occafions, a fr.ni 

 certain towards the workmanftiip and the 

 Gcher materials. 



Gates and hedges were entirely under the 

 management of the tenant ; landlord allow- 

 ing timber for the gates and dead fences, as 

 well as iox implements uled upon the farm j alfo 

 hedging llufFand brulhwood iox fuel. 



The management of the land, too, was left 

 to the tenant, who plowed and cropt It in the 

 fame manner as he would in all probability 

 have done had it been his own eflate. 



While the neceffary confidence on the part 

 of the tenants remained, thefe principles of 

 manacement were abundantly fufficient. The 

 tciiants took care of the eflate as their own ; 

 the landlord's only care being direfted to the 

 annual receipt of the rent. But finding the 

 tenants alarmed, and fome of them no doubt 

 dilTatisfied, with the recent additions of rent, 

 it was thought prudent to introduce new re- 

 gulations refpedting timber and the manage- 

 ment of lands. Woodlands have been in- 

 clofed, and woodwards appointed. The 

 plow has been reftrained^and particular crops 

 prohibited. 



While 



