The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-05-26 00:00:00

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THE VALUE or LANDED PROPERTY.
. To the Nehitor.
Brik—lt will, I think, be generally admitted that the
real value and pecouliarity of a vast entail of the leaded.
property of England are unknown.
in my opinion nothing could be more besielletal to.
both landlord and tenant than • sound report on die
practical &depth"u of the various soils in his meepstioo.
and ownership—their merite and capabilities : it woe&
bring to light in many instances, rmources that remain
hidden and undiscovered, sad enable the industrious.
farmer to employ Lis capital in the right direction.
How much money has been uselessly expended in the,
employment of chemical manures on soil. that VIM
unsuited to their application ! Whereas, if the farmer
has placed before him • skilful analr is, to *noble bica
to realize all the benefits that might be derived from.
the various compounds of soil under his orsonagereent,
and the manures ri quired according to climate and,
semen are dearly made manifest, he will profft larger
by hi., outlay, sad the estate will be enhanced in value..
I am Loured by • seentific analytical chemist of high
standing, that be hos, after much labour, entirely'
overcome all difficulty in arriring at the true melee&
of soils, and that this valuable desideratum may now be,
relied upon with certainty.
On the !subject of &ethical manures, I beg to remark
that, unless the mummer will give a price in accordance.
with the rich value of the best manufacture, be cannot.
be benefitted to the extent be anticipates; bones and
said alone (the two great fertilisers) really coat room
in the raw stern, in the market, than the farmer @nes-
times is willing to give for what he thinks in the beet
manufactured article: it cannot, therefore, be genuine,
and the virtnelit may power is frequeatly wasted, not
only by the soil being improperly treated, but by-
using it in improper proportions, or at an unmasonade
time.
An exchange of lands in meaty eases would prove of.
great advantage to the owners of property as well as
the tenants: enclosures belonging to different owners,
and occupiers are in certain dietricts so strangely inter-
mixed and distributed all over a parish, that the
ieceuvenience met he severely felt divisice of
the farms, the planning, placing, and erection of the
buildings, seem to have been executed by thanes, or
under cireamsteness in which jade:Dent and utility
had no control: in my opinion no department of neat
economy is open to greater improvement, and scarealy
in any instance has so much money been expended to-
tem gdyantage.
Conveniences are as important to the farmer as hia
capital, he must have the balance of both, or the best
judgment is foiled. On the other hand, 'supposing an
estate to be divided into convenient occupations salted
to the capital of the tenant—that he has good build-
ings, drainage, and modern improvenients,—sarely the
landlord is entitled to receive the bees& of his outlay.
And the value of /slate should be upheld, on ascertain-
ing its capabilities and resouroes.
I am cone nee I. trim an imperious@ of thirty years se
• land valuer and sure yor, that the true value of pre.
party is not easily assumed, and that verygreat mistakes
are frequently made, without duly considering the.
nature and properties of the substratum, as well as the,
superficid, climate, conveniences, an locality. This.
fact was fully esemplified daring and extensive calm-
lion I made in 1830 and IESI, for the alteration of the
tithes throughout nearly two hundred parishes traversed
by the lines offs railway company, and in negotiating some
of their jittrobasea. This survey extended over tour
counties in which some of the railed all well as the
poorest lands under cultivation are to be found. I
would also mention an instance in which I was engaged,
of an estate in Lincolnshire of two thousand scree that
had been for years touch neglected, and WM realizing.
rental of 13e. per acre only, an i the tenants as well as
the land were in bad eonditioe. Mammme borings
and excavations were made in all parte of the mete,
and the value and capability of the soil clearly seed-
teined : the buidlord was then advised to adopt sedate
measures for its notoratiou.after which the average meal
was axed at thirty-twollthillings per acre, and no diflimmity
was found in procuring skilful men of capital es tennis
on this generous soil, who sre all prospering under the
new regime, and find their rest a reameablo one. Thim
fine property is now restored to its proper value.
Wherever experimental improvements are judielonsly
and socceedully carried oat, not only do the owner an&
occupier of that property become basiefitted,liat the whole
district ts, through emulation. Improved by the enter-
prise ; and this fad alone moths a great satialastion to.
the promoters, aiding as they do to rates the coo—
dition of the tenant and labourer, whilst restoring pro-
perty to a state of prosperity.
I maintain that if land has constitutios, an adequate
capital altiliziablienee are employed, the times are not.
so bad but that positive success will follow. Farms
are sought after with that eagerness which leads to the
inference that the pursuit is profitable, even amidst all
the existing corruptions and falai:Me of a bad system;
and it is very gratifying to contemplate what the
condition of the tenant may possibly be who possesses
sound judgment and has the advantage of modern
appliances and liberal covenants. The evil is in a
farmer occupying more land than he has full capital to
manage; and in his not keeping • sufficiency of stook,
besides the necessity for using the utmost economy in
the preservation of the invaluable ammoniocal proper-
ties of manure. To effect this desirable object I would
recommend, instead of the wasteful method of seeking
manure, to have two watertight pits aide by side
formed of concrete or asphalt' at the foundation, sad
clay at the sides: adjoining these pita the tanks to
receive the drainage from the dwellingthouas, stables,
and other buildings, should be placed. It is also cote-
petent even for the labourer to moan valuable ecenpoet
by collecting leaves and other refuse, bleeding his pigs
thereon, and by means of carrying the drainage of his
cottage into • tank or pit not only to get rid of nui-
sances, but to secure for his little plot of land or garden
that which will almost double the produce.
Artificial manures, as • rule, should only be used on
failure of procuring • 'natant quantity of rich stable
, or farm yard manure, or as an sanded to it on pertain
' 'oils and at certain seams: the beet article is the
cheapest, but it is absolutely necessary to understand
the proper application of these manures, what militates
spinet their sneeesdul motion, and ales to know the
right proportion to use, as this will differ aceordiag to
quality and the condition of the soil as well as the
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virtue ; amid this is one reason why I moomroend,
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Land valuing would materially assist agriculture if
conducted upon scientificturciples, the constituent
elements of the soil bring macertained, means could
be adopted with certainty or it, healthy restoration
and development. The value given would also be true
and equitable and not merely speculative. The
scientific and experienced agriculturist will readily per-
ceive the truth and force of my obsenstions.
F. C.ATTIN,
Laad Valuer and Barreyor.
20, Abingdon-street, Westminster.

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