* 
£5 
CHAPTER IV, 
OCCUPATION* 
SECT. I.—.SIZE OF FARMS. 
Mr. Pomeroy says, and it agrees with my ob¬ 
servations, “ the farms are small, from 40l. or 50l. 
to 3001. or 4001. a year, but some larger; there are 
certainly more small than large farms; the number of 
gentlemen who occupy land has increased considerably 
of late j’ears, and some there are who hold forth 
very laudable examples of improvement. 
The estates are, in general, tenanted by tenants at 
will, with no other restrictions than those customs has 
introduced ; but there are some instances of old leases 
for long terms, and these farms being low rented, has 
set landlords generally against granting leases ; when 
granted lately they have been chiefly running leases 
for twenty-one years conditionally, but determinable 
every seven years. The land is divided between pastur¬ 
age and cultivation, but in what proportion will be 
hereafter seen by inferences to be drawn from the com¬ 
monly practised courses of crops. 
Mr. Oldacre, of Fladbury, observes, ct the land, in 
his neighbourhood, is principally occupied by tenants, 
the' 
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