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Dicis 3, 1864.] 
. THE — CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
1163 
Ee ay. See | 
id d, and, it 
, and perhaps i in a year or two 
Ine one who daa not seen the process to believe it is 
t € 
as T the effect on the rest of the estate. 
During the famine years a good deal of draining 
a 
| Atter "ihe famine years were over, the mx cfe! as | 
b 
and reclamation of sae oie had yc 
for the sake of giving e ent. It w 
that the Ad abonld Dd jte reed on this bat | 
before rom 
ed|they had deer were pun MT in 
be ver; 
they were generally unable or unwilling to do so. So 
a good deal of this sort of land had held. 
Thus another new system was started. The buildings | 
of je former model farm of 50 acres NM iint f 
: AA and 
partially 
rstand, that 
r be dis- 
| the other hand th v owed to unde 
no one dps his Thi VoU. have n M 
posses: d during his life, unless for 
y definite causes, € any tenant | that pei ot | hs 
————— — ———— 
| single" man has thriven. They had no choice but industry 
e imer e the land, and these soon madea muc 
he h er rent, and 
both the armers are now in "ute other 
condition 4 than "at ‘they were in when the purchases 
were made. 
be 
ms tes 
the offers made them; many and bitter have been 
their lamentations since. 
Bo plain € the whole thing become, that ha’ 
ered an 'advisable con- | 
hala dk 
whole 1t dti 
it was resolved to try sheep largely, as not req 
ta EN aal 
pta iuf reir in T 
py! 3 Deom The land was ree scattered, 
ed io be given up by th 
from the bui a b m 
was well ate ae ien It has since been vadunt E 
; parts being let to adioiniug | e 
ever 
ME $e lah 
course de a tenant met! org ave up, 
bargain. i thi 
ante sale of his | 
raise 
is way " 
taken an old tenant, in whose Jun I ad 
confidence, to i help m 
| had to discuss with hi 
J 
The tenants saw | us. 
of tenants nme ve ei eld gj, e| 
ad 
eri: was clearly unsuit- 
e farm And the first 
resul to put an end to all se heming. The talk, 
" er eh soon be tired of that,” gave p place to, “No 
t your tenants aro 
ad had. 
able, both to the soil "nd climate. "The rainfall and 
y s mild 
constant] moist atmosphere, so unsuited to 
corn, we o M or Grass. 
Th l of Grass 
in ihres years, such as E: 1 Eng 
suppose was old pas good far 
8i 
agreed that dairy and pe eese. P better Shan 
anything else in this district, even before the famin 
The course = farming followed vad ^ break up ia 
Jand for Oats, where it would a crop; then 
urnips manured, half of "them ^v on the land b 
ung 
sole 
b farmer might it ily thr 
as useless to | pretend poverty and neglect | 
mt. 
e rent being str 
success lefi nly one, Viz, , industry and 
ictly enforced, and yet never | 
raiged iud a mak life, there was one clear way of | i 
open, and o 
who are paying so 
much rm -— 
The answer, I believe, is in the facts stated above 
And this is ‘the result of 2 work. I need no 
| had been the o one object. simot at (endi in truth it 
EPE 
manuring t the land. 
ban they would lose their farms, from which a better | 
, whilst if they did succeed, they 
Stock in, ips war yard, only a few head rom fattened. 
a a r of duty 
o^ cond: not have been more suce y vested d 
the tim 
time. In a d ye ears the pne exertion and econ 
it was ful to me them 
Turnips ‘fed Kh € brig Dy “little noon oft mem cal, | 
even on the ver a at once to 
give a good ep » d m to put 
X Os pes = 
the land thenceforth i inas 
To ada de. I believe deliberately, that there is a 
mine of pe for both landlords and tenants in 
my | m 
were no doubt necessary ied to pay the rent, ‘at | 
pom ing was hanging o er | 
and all the profit was i thie own. 
an | tke h abitua neglect or extravagance thus 
h | felt the pinch. “Tt mas constant eum E and 
self-reliance almost co o tende enel | 
correct a ,weakness of ipatti charac a 
Feriarkabió fact, that from beginning to € dii i 
not a single instance of a really industrious tenant 
having failed. However ut the times, AL honest | 
hard-worki 
Y thing | su 
very soon | of the rent th 
mes were gradually ee 
Man any landlords are greatly to blame for 
oats, of their estates. All that i is wanting on the ir 
g man has got through. Som thing a al 
1 
tate to pay ing. 
n parts of the land that were suitable, and _where 
estate should be 
oe Nlaroághy | 
+h 
somehow the 
. Building, d 
5 
vh vU T making 
"Any i rnit 
raining, fencing, r reclamati on of i 
o elsewhere, 
and with the eat mr n 
"m n 
waite, were all steadily carried on. 
th 
s, who fou nd themselves better off t than their | | 
labourer: 
Mie oe p 
o were iate emigra 
they ees ane with thote families t p ES 
Some of these ed 
pe us. m Ls for 
ass better dressed 
and are still 
(hres or four years, 
whole t Hee the Te 
return etie an 
iret 
Enn 
slow progr every year 
But in spite of discouragement it was resolved to go 
» 88 | dj 
u- | farmer, and tho ui 
| believe hé are P the sa! 
done for many years 
i crops, even Tu 
very | seen that mo: 
families, was also not, without influence. 
As soon o th was found nae that tenan 
could mak ‘stem, 
was thought) a'e 
One must 1 
i 
dris d courage | 
m one “only ex exhortation has 
It was very early |8 
hat is wanted to make 
2: uem d Day, p^ that n if thing else 4 of vel napi T 
however, it is ce ts have 
y, and are diving i tore err] more 
been “ eink yo 
thes ives | wonderfully 
, e arrears on the estate at the resent | 
to 3l. The rent day, instead of a dey 
e" varied from time 
to 20s. per acre. averaged on the whole 
rni p eis = 1851 "the return; for r rent a 
; 1852 was no better ; 
pF prie es for everything, the 
h 
mplaints on one side, an 
E | wok, with’pleasant greetings and cheerfi 
do not think it is possible there should be a better 
landlord and tenant than exists. No | 
dier (or under agent as such men now call themselves, | 
at all for | 
band ve mid s) man 
any pru rudent tenant from farming we 
revious 
» was 
by the 
this is Tost A of, 
has been 
he p 
ecu 
harsher name o vien m; = nd if 
no one can judge fairly e. progress t 
made. I believe forgetfulness of this fact i is the key to 
though in 1858, from accidental ca wen! 
back to 22s. 6d. 1859 ta sett spotter T, only 
25s. -At last in 1860 and ad it again exceeded 305. | 
Then came 1862, the first of o ed 
"only Bb 20s., and 1863, ienes ese 
deficien re however pariy caused ty 8 30 acres of 
been thrown in and by a change of of 
mbere 
May, 1864, again however brought the 
28s. 6d. It is believed we have not D km es EN 
Dad then 
d 
ent, ex ve apte 
p therefore ^felt at at liberty to 
with th I acco 
y years. I believe there ar y fe ew on 
state who do not feel that though Tig f nagem 
strict, it is considerate, and that ca ‘ae regarded 
bags oy good will “ig Bp ie liking. 
| that they show similar goo retu 
| | been 
10 2000 
|, fiios dem thatin the id: years 5 acres | We arei m na “wholly di et opin eee in 
that w 25 years ago. Men's ideas LIT 
remember when the y 
tenantry was always Sp 
atte by panahap Pe has 
on e 
e d 
‘been a neon added to e 
by separa 
e same ‘dan 
sur Don 
engagem 
^ ree ept * 
if d ‘price. ees deal of guano 
jones were use iens a e ey to the 
à vM not much cake r feeding, | n 
though we are now begin b do so peii tly 
need not be said the crops have improved, especia 
E] 
B 
t ha 
kso I should take up = i land 
wasn not accepte ted; but nevertheless there was 
and v — predictions of 
Now ee the land itself is in a different condition, its 
whole appearance is changed. It would be hard for 
| certain ruin dile. such a rent. ree or four yearsin 
every case have however deco: the story. Every 
and that the truth is, great progress s has been made, 
| though the state of things is still far short of what is 
| to be wished for. In some districts the progress 
| bee uud 
ago. still 
plenty to do, and = be E ay: a ic vs, peri 
those who only look at what is wanting wil have no 
trouble cxi d trong case. 
Should any of your readers wish to see fort 
selves what has been above related, you are at bert 
