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Hornsby's self-delivery reaper and pair of horses being allowed. 
In another case, where Hornsbj's string-binder was used, %d. per 
acre was given for cutting, Is. for stooking, and from 4s. to 5s. 
per acre for carrying and stacking, horses and implements being 
of course always allowed. Sis shillings per acre is given for 
hoeing or thinning turnips the first time, and 3s. for the second 
hoeing. Beer is allowed in hay-time and harvest, in addition 
to the above, at the rate of one gallon (costing 8(7. or 9f/.) per 
acre on the crop. In some cases the allowance for beer is more 
liberal ; but it is considered that Is. per acre should be the maxi- 
mum, or say for 80 acres of corn the beer-bill should not exceed 
4/. In many instances it is brewed on the premises. It would 
be well if the piece-work system were more resorted to in other 
parts of the country. A shrewd Glamorganshire farmer, speaking 
of it, said that he even extended it to his garden, which he let 
out at a certain price per perch for digging. The farm labourers 
of the Vale are good average workmen. They are good plough- 
men, and they can manage corn-drills, reaping- and mowing- 
machines, with ease and dexterity. They are particularly neat 
in rick-making and thatching. 
Tenant Right. — The local tenant right demands a passing 
notice. It has long been in existence, and doubtless to it nearly 
everything good in the farming of this division of the county- 
owes its position. It has afforded security for permanent and 
other improvements, which, instead of being relaxed towards 
the expiration of a tenancy, were too frequently vigorously 
extended, to make up a heavy bill for the incoming tenant. The 
principle of the system was right, but in the hands of un- 
scrupulous men it was often abused. The Agricultural Holdings 
Act of 1883 is based on much the same principles as the local 
tenant right, but it is more comprehensive, although it does not 
enumerate all matters of minor detail. In my own opinion 
the Act will strengthen the weak points of the local custom, 
and it appears comprehensive enough to embrace what is good 
of the former system. A more searching enquiry is attainable 
under the Act, inasmuch as valuers have now the power to put 
witnesses on oath, and the chances of imposition are thereby 
lessened. Under the old custom the tenant-right bill amounted 
on the better class of farms to sums A'arying from 20s. to GOs. 
per acre, according to the state of cultivation and cleanliness of 
the farms. When such large amounts of an entering tenant's 
capital have to be sunk in this way, it is only fair that the 
fullest and most accurate details of the claims should be pro- 
duced ; on the other hand, the Legislature and the country are 
of opinion that the outgoing tenant should have justice done 
to him in the way of compensation for unexhausted improve- 
