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Literary Notices.
Commons appointed to enquire into the Agricultural Customs of England and Wales in respect to Tenant-right , appears most opportunely . It is compiled and arranged by two gentlemen of the highest reputation for agricultural knowledge . The classification of each subject is distinct and clear , and the prefatory observations to all are marked by the soundest discretion . There is an avoidance of any tendency to press the tenant ' s right against the landlord ' s interest , while the obvious
spirit of cultivating mutual prosperity is most truthfully pourtrayed . The farmer of the present age is a man of practical and scientific views ; for agriculture is a science , and has advanced slowly , it may be , but surely ; and chemistry has shed its influence over the land , and given such hostages of fertility , that to disregard its wondrous power is almost to doubt the effects of a natural agency . But can the farmer , in his positioncan he prosecute his labours with advantagewhen his
, , energies are paralized by a want of confidence ? Again , as to the landowner , it would seem that if the custom that has for upwards of twenty years existed in Lincolnshire , of adopting tlle tenant-right in the agreements , were followed by all landowners , the problem would be solved , and the advantage would be general , for that county is highly cultivated , and the tenants prosperous and contented ; the evidence on these points is conclusive . There may arise some misapprehension as to the
tenantright of England and that of Ireland ; but such misapprehension is dispelled by the fact , that the English farmer by tenant-right would have no permanent interest in the land ; he would merely look to the fair value of what he may have actually expended on the land . Tenantright , then , would save him from ruin in the event of sudden termination of tenancy . Tenant-right to the English farmer has reference simply to acts of husbandry , and to none other . What say the
committee themselves *— " That the improvements above-mentioned , which are very generally required throughout the country , in order to develop the full powers of the soil , are greatly promoted by this system of compensation , and therefore it is highly important that all difficulties should be removed which stand in the way of its extension , by the voluntary act of landlord and tenants . " As the law of entail interfered with the expansive view of the committee , they made very important suggestions on this subject ,- )* and even went so far as to recommend that an act of parliament should pass , to give such powers in all cases where the vested interest was limited in extent .
To the agriculturist this digest is a boon of no common value , he will read the evidence of practical men from the breadth and length of the land , and given before a committee of the House of Commons , selected for their practical knowledge of the duties of the trust ; and in the digest itself the agriculturist will perceive the careful attention bestowed upon this engrosing subject by gentlemen of high standing , the one well known as the editor of the " Mark Lane " and the " Farmer '
Express , s Magazine , " the other as the secretary of the London Farmers' Club , and author of the " Prize Essay on Tenant-right . " Their names are a guarantee for the integrity of the evidence as taken , and their estimation among their " fellows" is no less so for their sound moral views in promulgating their own observations .
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Literary Notices.
Commons appointed to enquire into the Agricultural Customs of England and Wales in respect to Tenant-right , appears most opportunely . It is compiled and arranged by two gentlemen of the highest reputation for agricultural knowledge . The classification of each subject is distinct and clear , and the prefatory observations to all are marked by the soundest discretion . There is an avoidance of any tendency to press the tenant ' s right against the landlord ' s interest , while the obvious
spirit of cultivating mutual prosperity is most truthfully pourtrayed . The farmer of the present age is a man of practical and scientific views ; for agriculture is a science , and has advanced slowly , it may be , but surely ; and chemistry has shed its influence over the land , and given such hostages of fertility , that to disregard its wondrous power is almost to doubt the effects of a natural agency . But can the farmer , in his positioncan he prosecute his labours with advantagewhen his
, , energies are paralized by a want of confidence ? Again , as to the landowner , it would seem that if the custom that has for upwards of twenty years existed in Lincolnshire , of adopting tlle tenant-right in the agreements , were followed by all landowners , the problem would be solved , and the advantage would be general , for that county is highly cultivated , and the tenants prosperous and contented ; the evidence on these points is conclusive . There may arise some misapprehension as to the
tenantright of England and that of Ireland ; but such misapprehension is dispelled by the fact , that the English farmer by tenant-right would have no permanent interest in the land ; he would merely look to the fair value of what he may have actually expended on the land . Tenantright , then , would save him from ruin in the event of sudden termination of tenancy . Tenant-right to the English farmer has reference simply to acts of husbandry , and to none other . What say the
committee themselves *— " That the improvements above-mentioned , which are very generally required throughout the country , in order to develop the full powers of the soil , are greatly promoted by this system of compensation , and therefore it is highly important that all difficulties should be removed which stand in the way of its extension , by the voluntary act of landlord and tenants . " As the law of entail interfered with the expansive view of the committee , they made very important suggestions on this subject ,- )* and even went so far as to recommend that an act of parliament should pass , to give such powers in all cases where the vested interest was limited in extent .
To the agriculturist this digest is a boon of no common value , he will read the evidence of practical men from the breadth and length of the land , and given before a committee of the House of Commons , selected for their practical knowledge of the duties of the trust ; and in the digest itself the agriculturist will perceive the careful attention bestowed upon this engrosing subject by gentlemen of high standing , the one well known as the editor of the " Mark Lane " and the " Farmer '
Express , s Magazine , " the other as the secretary of the London Farmers' Club , and author of the " Prize Essay on Tenant-right . " Their names are a guarantee for the integrity of the evidence as taken , and their estimation among their " fellows" is no less so for their sound moral views in promulgating their own observations .