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tion, and there is no desire for chanfj^e. Mutual confidence 
appears to prevail to an extent which is creditable to both 
parties, and the question of tenant-rin^ht is seldom a cause of 
dispute in this county. AVhen a farm is out of condition, much 
exhausted, and of doubtful tenure, a tenant-riglit is reasonaljle ; 
and for such a farm tlie following " Tenant-right Agreement " 
has been made : — For linseed-cake, lime, bones, or any artificial 
manures used on the farm, the tenant is entitled to receive from 
the landlord or in-coming tenant the following proportions of 
the cost of these manures : 1st, for linseed-cake one-third the 
amount of the sum expended during the last year of tenancy ; * 
2nd, for lime four-fifths of the sum expended during the last 
year of tenancy, three-fifths of the sum for the second year, two- 
fifths for the third year, and one-fifth for the fourth year previous 
to quitting ; 3rd, for bones and artificial manures two-thirds of 
the amount expended during the last year, and one-third for the 
second year previous to quitting. We, however, know of a case 
within our own experience where a tenant was offered this 
" right," and he replied he was content to remain as he was. In 
the report by Mr. Pusey before alluded to he judiciously suggests 
the modification of the stringent covenants which are sometimes 
required of tenants. The principle of adapting our management 
to the requirements of the times, and of allowing a margin to an 
improving tenant, is a beneficial one. Changes constantly occur- 
ring from the influence of climate and seasons, fluctuating 
markets, and the varying wants of the consumer, render it inex- 
pedient to enforce with rigour the fulfilment even of revised 
covenants. Hence the licence enjoyed on many of the best- 
farmed and most improved estates ; and we have pleasure in 
recording that this liberality is the rule of Yorkshire landlords. 
In the part of the county between Doncaster, Wakefield, and 
Pontefract, the tenant-right is slowly undergoing some modifica- 
tions, and landlords are said to be buying up, as farms fall in, 
those claims, established by time and custom, which constitute 
an excessive demand on the capital of the incoming tenant. 
Considerable additions have been made to the Crown lands at 
Sunk Island, at the mouth of the Humber, . by embanking, 
enclosing, and converting the land into farms. The improve- 
ments have been made by the Commissioners for the Woods and 
Forests, and have been carried on by them in a most spirited 
manner both as regards farm-buildings and drainage. About the 
year 1850 nearly 700 acres of excellent land were added to the 
* This appears to me to be a very high rate of allowance ; one-fourth is, in my 
judgment, quite as much as our present knowledge warrants ns to covenant under 
all circmnstances of consmnption. At a higher rate than this I should be reluctant to 
take to a farm ; at a lower, I should feed scantily before quitting. — P. H. F. 
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