The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-12-02 00:00:00

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DOROBIBTER FABBBRW CLUB.

Th• seemad muting took plug at tho Antelope hotel,
het Saturday •veniag, whoa there wore present—Mr.
it. Choy, (President), Mr. W. O. Pomer, (Vie-
Freshlnt), Mr. J. G. Remer, Mr. T. A. Homer, Mr.
R. Fowler, Mr. H. Duke, Mr. J. Homer. Powell, Mr.
J. A. Denser, Br, 0. Rent, Mr. Duke., jeer., Mr. R.
Damen, Mr. Alfred Pope, Mr. T. Chlek, Mr. A. 13.
Cooper, Mr. K. Homer, Mr. T. Chapman Baunden (hon.
treasaret), Mr. Ban/atop, Mr. It. N. lioward, Dr.
dri Aldge, Mr. Lush, Mr. P. Petro*, he.
The next meeting was Ilasd for Jailuiry did, when a
paler will be read by Mr. U. W. Homier.
Mr. T. Chick prepued, and the Peesident seoa.inded.
Mr. Centel Edniuude, as a new member. Carried
uaanintiously,
•
Liu mum's
The l'utilDtse thee read the follo•Ing paper on
"To what event is logislatives intettmenes oeselod ,
between landi ant and tenser."
The aull.et I bare *boom for oonsideration this !
evenl ng la ones whloh °scoot fall to be intereetiog at a
tole ether' we are looking forward to the lotroduolloa
of • Bill into Parliament which may considerably t fink
weal or woo 'of the agricultural oommunity. I
Dot asy I have much faith lo Paeliamont iry auletacos
in mitten' which can very well be god by
individuals : It Is an old sad wolidried maxim, that
" Heaven hello those who help themselves, aid Mr.
naiinsa I. Me work stye "Self-help' well obese en,
that 'lb. spirit of soli-help is the root of all genuine
growth in tine individual; and eiblbitent in the lives of
many, it econstitut, I the true mune of Whoa' vigour
and atreogth. Help from without la often enfeebling in
Its effects, bid hely from eithu invariably invigoratm.
Whateem is done for men or classes to • certain client
takes away the stimulus and necessity of doing for them.
ulna ; and when men •r• eubjiiotod to one•guiduaos ,
and OV•f-ineeTnlnen,. tho Inevitable tendeocy la to !
lure them onol!aratively helpless." It seem., however,
to be sooepteol almost as • fast that the Britieh Farmer
duo not produce is maeb from the soil as be ought to
de, In cons. gnomes of cot prowestat sufficient geour47
for an bemused Invenment of capital—it being
asinmed that such an inseetment would b 3 at-
tested by • eonsiderably enlarged arodootion.
which woeld Wilts bone fit this saitivator of
the soil himself and the • al public as well.
The ou•reetnete of this veseuraption I do not moan
now to disease'. (although it Is very well knowo that
the Amateur Farmer, with uuleinited capital. doe• not
always produce, the great it re/emit.), but rattier propose
to consider the best means of obteolog that security,
which under any oirounisteuen it moot be radon
de•irable to pometa. No men. as • tumor, can be
eumrodul who is frig molly Messing hie ocenpaUotie
• loose for • loss farm than 21 year. la but .ittle good;
with • short leen, before In has bad time to and out
the pocullerithe of soil in each II Id, be begins to think
whether he may hold it for &pottier term, and in short
feels unsettled and tinerertain bow to sot for the best.
It may also be said that the termination of • luso Is
frequently made use of as an emus* for • "re-adjust.
mint" silt is ea/led, of rent, any eltenge is cot likely
to be in favour of the tenant, especially if he be au
enterprising one, sad ins improved the eondltion of
the estate. Where ronfidearis estate, on bstit sides,
Mercies ia Ike proad vent, a yearly hurley, with
proper covenants, Ia as good a• • Imes or perhaps
hotter ; In any e.se, a man who la not hintelf "sayable
of deeding whether the sgreemento he eaten into with
his landlord, or his agent, are jut and equitable or
not, should get some fnead to west him in the matter.
In most lesalithe you will find some peculiarities of
tenure or entry, and U these °moot be streamed by
pr:•••• /outset, I do not see how an Act of Perna.
moot can be so farmed as to meet all emergeosisa
I do not defend, for one moment, the old and
ineonveolent forms of entry which prevail" in thhi
neighbourhood, but the difficulty is, how ars they to be
remedied, somebody onset "pay the piper," and if •
Landlord glen oomosaution to an oat going
Tenant in order to make • better entry for the new.
emote, thoi latter mint 'spool to pay ia soots way Or
another for the advantage. A good Tenant right has
mash to reeommend it, but ear* mast be taken that In
looking too well after the Int•rests of one party, you do
not icliot an leder, on the other. We mut however
all agree. that if • Landlord's or a Teo ant's interests are
mot solibiently protested, or in the abaenee of any
agreoments or co aaaaa ta, should any sudden or
wnexpeoted ernergsmoy min, • welliddined Aot, by
whioh loathe wou'd be done to both pardon would
We moot valuable; at the same time, I cannot help
thinking, that ass rule, formers are suffitently ooze.
werust with the prtneiples of business, lob, able to
ledge whether the taros ea wnlsh they are required to
rent their farms, are fele and ignitable ;and the customs
in different coquina are so variable, that it is difileult
to comprehend how ea dot that would be sample
atede in Yolkstdre, would be suitable In Devon.
eters or Cornwall. I will sow, with your riar.
mission, eall your attention to the Aot latrodneed
Into Parliament last 11,45i00 by Mums. Read sold
Howard. and to be again brought forward in the mailing
Ono shad, Is doing so allow in. to expense my
regret that I hay° not been able to bestow more time or
attention to the matter; situ our last meetiog, my
uspromeats have been moray thus uthally numerous;
and I trust you will esson the hasty and imparteo.
stamina in which I haeo brought this aulleet before yoo.
I will simply en :favour to sot the "bed rotting " and I
trust you will rd, In the &mossier., administer t It
inch Anrou• kick., that befits it react... the goal, It.
inbound. will Ce contuelly advantageous, and 'all make
up for the sh ntoomings of tbr bier...duper. The Bdl
omelet' of di 0.32.1., ant 61010,14 b it Ls not likely
that the second Bill will be trust), like the first, the
melnity of the e 31.1.6111 will no doubt b., the a sme. The
Met ciao.-n foist°. to '''osuspeosation in reenact of
Improvement& made by the tenant," and secu•ea t 3 an
sulegoits4 truant compensation, to be paid by the land-
lord, for al hut revemente made by tenant, whether
let, temporary ; 2nel. durable; or 3rd, pormscaus.
Clause 2 define, the three sac,. of Improvements.
Chine. 3,4, ithd 5 give directions as to tie mete of
valuing temporary, durab:es, and permanent ivarrove•
nowt'. (Tone wore rest). I thlula yin will allow that
an agrecurent with asyreto of tenaut.riglit, such as has
boon adopted on some eslstoe in this eounty, would
immure ell that It appears theme clothes ars moi.• to do.
Otiose 6 states what deductions' the landlord may
tank* for dilopidations or deteriorations, from
any sum awarded as onopeosatioa ti the
Tenant.—Cianses 7,8, sod 9 direct what notion WO
ateemary prior to olasim. bind made for siomponastdon
on either sides. Clause 10 eives the teastot power to
remove " any permanent improvemeot on hi, holding,
for willeh no somprnsation wowd le• payable under the
pronsloos of this hot," provided the Luidlord thee not
wish to retain the some, at a value decided by Athit
inters. Clause 11 provide' that a tenant shall not be
soropelled by legal promos toe leave his bolding until
the eat amount of oompensation awardsd to him has
been paid, or eteund to hie satialution, or that of the
arbitrators. Clause 12. This chug* hu been more
general y dleseuasod thou soy other. It is not lekoly to
Issoome law, and therefore we noel not lose time by
saying much shoot ir. It order, that no lecant koill
In future sontruthiansl out of the Ast, or in the words
of the Clause " Any oonuact made by • Tenant after the
Milng of this Let, by •irtue of which he is deprived of
len to make any ahem which he would otherwise
10 Catitled to eask,, under this Are, shall so far at relabel
to such claim be void betl3 at law sad in equal."
Now some persons argue, that this is a vital glans., and
in fact state that the Act wend be no good whatever
without It, I cannot say that! Men the awl,l step is
and toll me, or my Landlord that the terms of tide Let
are to be accepted by no, 4.111011 velem ; that however
much from peculiar circumstances we may wish to
haves a dathrisnt arrangement thin " the lib rty of the sub-
ject " Is no far tramped 00, that we must content °le-
ashes w th the law as Big and oothing else. Thal"' think
both anremonable and on-English, and I should regret to
me It the law of the laud, although it may be urged
that this A tie not intended for go-s! landlord' Of 100 d
tenant., but simply for those who would iss an
opportunity of taking advantue of each other—the
former by tampering and restricting the latter In every
prolitahlo way, and the tenant beggarine out tin had,
and leavlag It in such a state that yews mast elapse
before It out be restored to its normal fertility, and
thin • great amrunt of prodeu be loot to the oum•
munity. Clauses 13 and 14 easropt ealatlog lamest, mid
also Lbioolusbire and other local custom, from tits
Interforenoe of this Lot. Clause 15 restricts a hunt
holding undo, a tome for net lees than 20 yaws from
reseivlog compenution, tempt for temporary improve-
Meat/. Clause 16 entitles • landlord to olalm oompen.
'Batton (rims teeth' bee:ding ceder • lee.., trisd• alter
the passing of this Act, for a term of net loae than 13
years, for dilapidation/ or deteriorations of the Ede,
arising by default of the tenant. Clause 11: By tide
• landlord may resume possession of laud roquired for
oottagor. Clause II has Wore:tee to arte.tratlon and
arbitrators, and Is quite necessary when we tionsider
bow mush nag to be settled by those gentlemen. Clause
19 rotates to Boise to be made by Inoloatare Commis-
Metiers. Clans/ 20 : Tide it a very good ohms*, and!
should like to see It genes-ally adopted. It provides
that • 12 months' spathe to quit shall be given, in saiie ,
of • tenant from year to year. Classes 21 to 22
relate to "limlted o•ners,'' and their powersi
to make agreementa and grant luau. Clause, !
16 and 27 give powers to landlords to obtain
advances or money from the Pnbile Works Loan
Commissionore to pay oomponeation to an out-going
bonsai; Barth adventure may be °horsed on estate, by way
of annuity. Clause. 28, 29, and 30: Those armies
related to the remvery and arrears of sonnitin and
gbe power of an owner to redeem an annuity. Clauses
It, 32, 31, •nd II relate to definition, titles, and
*stoat of Lot. Ciontidmoo, having now Willy noticed
toe ottferens elan es of the "Landlord and Tenant
B 111," you will probably think It time for me to return
to the solleot proper, &skated for discussion. erls.—" To
•what "slant Is Leg.elative Interfere:lee nceded between
landlord and haul' I " My reply to this question is
that In tole district (I cannot answer for the whole of
England) but that as far its my cxparienee go a., I COn•
Wet that tenann, as • role, are quite capab'e of
making terms •I'h their lesedlords or their agent.,
and do not need an Act el Perlinnprat by •hich tiny
would be etriotly bound to e min orrecante, totiee
may, or may not, be milted* to their parttiular
bolding.. At the tame Limo, whore abuses sale., as no
doubt they do, or chile, hy the aerator of the landlord
or tenant, so rotate falls into the bands of trustees or
executors, io the eternise of any agreement, or local
endow, at. Act such as the one proposed would be both
useful mud convenient. Hot I Isno) I hear some one
say—. How •bout game; do you wish no legislative
Interference about that f" To euoh • crueller's I
decidedly answer in lb* negative: I do sot grid% to ma
the Game Laws a/AH.4W ; and If the owner of
an *state chooses to reserve the game, and
a Moult, with Ws iyai optse attoopai his terra.'
Is la • case of mutual agreement, and no levels required
to say to either
,party "you shall do this," or "you
shall not do that.' There are, and have been, no doubt
Peel of E..% hardship where unreasonable landlord"
have very ireriouly blared their tenants by exoeseive
preservation of game: but I think the tide of puhlio
opinion has great weight In England, and Goo glass can-
not long oppress another with impunity. Its my Own
cane, Intteaa of genie bang a mores of 'toile and
Ill-
feeling, It Is len the reverse, a• It is the means of
bringing my le.L.llori ,ver my farm two or throe
In the course of he ...aeon, and be has always thews
the greatest prwable kindness and lib islet, towards me !
rosperetlas it, end I am was cure °vs ry tenant would '
feel proud to wee hie landlord on his farm, and endeavour
to show him the beet sport Ito emild. I totll only add
that I cousider the arguments we 54 Omahas, boar
introdumg, as to alias destroying the food of the
'people, and also that the community 'Who throagh
64 fanning, taus political " °bp. trip," nudist we, iiiy