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buildings, nor any outlay inconsistent with the occupation and 
business of the tenants ; but there should be, on all farms, such 
buildings, com eniently arranged, as are necessary for the econo- 
mical carrying on of the farm, and no more than are necessary, so 
that they may be kept in good order at moderate expense. 
There should also be such a dwelling-house as is suitable for 
the management of the farm, and appropriate, as a residence, for 
the family of a man who possesses talent, and such an amount 
of capital, as is invested in that occupation. When, in any- 
thing, we are determined to have the best of its kind, we must 
be prepared to pay the best price for it, more especially in this case, 
when the value is certainly known to the party who has it to dis- 
pose of. This Mr. Coke well knew, and on this knowledge he 
acted, when pro^nding superior accommodation for his first-class 
tenants. That his mode was very successful, all allow ; but all 
cannot afford to pay the price which he did, and, as a natural con- 
sequence, their estates must be, in such cases, generally cultivated 
in an inferior manner. IMen, no doubt, have a strong feeling in 
favour of the scenes of their early life. Old ties are in this case 
very strong, and mav, in some degree, incline a person to put up 
with inconveniences which would otherwise be insupportable ; but 
this is certainly a state of things to be regretted, as, at best, no 
great improvement can reasonably be expected under it. The 
value of leases to tenants has, however, in my opinion, been greatly 
overrated. For what are they to them but a temporary means of 
delaying, and more distinctly marking the time, when the rent may 
be increased with apparent justice? And if the case be consi- 
dered merely as a matter of business, and not of feeling at all, the 
longer the day of reckoning is deferred, the more severe will it he 
when it comes. In other words, if the landlord would have de- 
manded an increase of rent at an earlier period, supposing there 
had been no lease — the preventing his doing so, by that lease, will 
certainly bave the effect of increasing his demands at its expira- 
tion. If he would not have wished for the increase, where are the 
benefits of a lease over a yearly tenancy with protective covenants ? 
Supposing this presumed advantage of leases to be but a doubt- 
ful one, they at once become more dangerous to the tenant, as 
marking the time when the landlord may, with apparent justice, 
demand such an increase of rent as he probably would not other- 
wise have thought of. On the other hand, they may be rendered 
certain sources of increased income to landlords, if they make up 
their minds to a temporary diminution of the owner's privileges. 
I quite agree with Mr. Blomfield, that there is no way of making 
more rent of land, than by granting 21 years' leases of it, to such 
(and only such) tenants as are likely to cultivate it in the highest 
possible manner; and, when such lease has half run out, offering 
