The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-02 00:00:00

THE LAND QUF.STION IN FOREIGN
GoUNTRIM.

We hays received • sopy of the first of an Important
and interesting reties of pipers on this subject, which
we commend to the notice especially of oar agrisallairsi
readers, as caloulatod to afford very useful informatioa,
and hints that may iadiaate the character of the reform
which should be male In the Land Laws of England.
The papers aio written In the Nun of a dialogue
between • member of Parliament and one of his Con.
stituente, and set forth the eslient features of the
reports of her Sitjery's Representatives respecting the
tenure of land in the several countios of Europe. With
regard to the tiauwatia territories, Mr. Ward, English
Con.ol at Hasiburgh report shows :
" Every landed agate within the ilainburgh territory stmt.
aeconling to law, been srogn swanned to it In the Mete
twirler of mortgagee Hypothekenhueh"), on which it elands
inwribed in the some of the proprietor. sad on which all
mortgagor arc entered in their order, so t at the older snout-
tai taker palm, Imam u,nr Wolin made later. The newer
(although entitled the " II) pothekenbuch") la, In feet, one of
both ealer and in .rtgarca ; end only these persons •boore
names are enteral on the register can hays any legal right. to
the property In ciliation. Wh.ther the eu/s of an estate le
elected by private cent ram or hi public auction, It fa not valid
until du!y inscribed In the Mate register.
. , .

The cost of registering the sale or mortgage of an adds la
the Owe register book Is sis mark. currency (7. darling); and
it merely a house or building, three marks currency (S. ed
stcrlliv) there is a duty of two per owl on the amount ot
the iolmhume money. to be paid to the &ate by the vendor
and purchase. Ul equal inoiettea A. no docusainde are
required beyond the rostotrotioo of the eale on mortgage, no
further coveo,. need be incurred by either petty concerned."
r-Oomaerning Braden. Mr. Ward dolga :

The whole of the land In the Brown territory Is In the pan
nineoe of the cultivators of the will, with the exception of •
1.. laoheed mem in •Itkli Imes have been granted. The
division of property on the death of the owner follows the
preacripUon of the human law. The freehold farms In the
rural district., cannot to divide I, hut the owner Is at liberty.
awing his lifetime, to appoint one of Ms children es he moms-
eor, tither by deed or by will. In ease of intsiem7 the pro.
party falls to lb. eltlext ion. Should there I• no eon., to the
eideet daughter or to the nsisrent male descendant of the
fonner proprietor. U. 0.0 Ox,r) Lir in •(" Maieriftiten,
ore •ttjottoolo of dosodt u • ..I.lllp (.I.lch properties
are, tweeter, • n the tle...ree-e, °won., to tO. extinction o
eelincurial rights), the law of descent is the..... as orwe the
freeho In the demos of descendants the property fells to
the ...humored lord on the death of the owner.

-111.7.1ei;;11.;•-ed—ie:psrt—y terse•—pi;;e7nly by • Judicial
decree basr•l upon • coutriet, 01 We, or upon Substitutes.
The tapeless of the WU amount atogother to Ilths per cent.
of Use ralue of the propsrty, Including • shay oft per cont. Se
the State treasury,

In Schletvia-liolstain, it aeetne the teatate have
that deahlerattun in Emiland—Long Lemma. We
reed:—

The farms are let as lame for largos of seven, fourteen, cc
twenty-one years; mostly for one of Use latter terms. At the
sod of whlch the property re% arta to the landlord, unless the
lease is pre% loud,' renewed. The tenant binds binned in the
ossnattote 1. tb• du. cultivation of the land to the
custom of the country. The lOW Is In general not
to. .ula-tertant without the landlord's consent.

The farm am always kt by .ritten contract le the nature
tI kll.llllo ; huldlop of land at Um mere will of the landlord, or
from year to yw by verbal commit, is in Ireland, are unknown
In theme Duchitle

France ham • symtem of registration, but it is easily,
and Mr. L. &grille West says "doubtless very muh
impedes the sale and transfer of land."
The extracts we have given show the eaten of the
documents, which, all interested in the lead question,
must feel arc valuable sad suggestive.

•ON CROPS.
(Prow "Figaro.")

In approsehiog this Important subject, we do so
gently, and say what we have to my in • whisper ;
for wheal Iwo eon, mid is a suseeptible pleat, not to
my, sometimes. very "mil In ite milk. amides, sal,
should we wittingly offend wheat I Wheat hurt
GA, and said ins ',ebb: journal we were troebled
with smuts, or were blighted in our early youth, or
turned mildewy in our riper years. So, why, as we
sold before—there is nothing like iteration In such au
important subject so agriculture—should we &alloy
wheat by waling personal observations shout it to
barge type?
So, on second thoughts, we will pass on to the root
crop.. Root stops are of verbal kinds. Naturally,
the tarnip al ooe• suggests itself to the sArrlonitaral
student; It will tarn up in his mind before even the
Spanish onion or the esonlent horseradish; so, on the
"first mule, first served" principle, we will pressed So
notice the turnip.

Tilt TORII I P
Is n shy root, sod by no mesas (warts the attention it
receives. It leeks upon Ste persistent way in whiah
II Is nianured, and subsolled, and drained as Lb.
"Yeehi".ostions of a dead who tuts stern for farming.
A turnip, to a Isrge field is one of the Midland sonotles
was twee ohosinvod,by one of ourppesial tanwspondento,
to shrike Its profuse tope, awl then overboard to plain.
tively whistle through its bulbous pores—

Irrigation is vexation,
Omano is as bast ;
Phosphate ismer* I can't endure,
And drain-pipes drive me mad.

Our correspondent, touched at this lyrie scuiplaint,
scaosted the turnip tenderly ; for remember* the
tune of the whisc4lo4 oyster, he theeght • talking
ternip »cubd take with the public, sod the following
eouvereation en,ued

Our ilorreapoadeat " What ails that., pull*

The Genii* Bulb: ''Alas II Namely know; but I
leer my umpatriotis maMer is trying to alter my
aationallty, cud tarn me into a Swede. I blush at the
vary thought."
Our Corrasponieut: "N.y rostra root, fret not al
the thought. Sone day Mimi may'm swell into a

-
wool;
.o:o3:nnetler
betas.: litti.Llptillesktedh.lf
mado
di
iahl
w fro the
turnip."
At this our oorrespondest immediately fle m
field, Isaving the turbulent turnip to he fits. Bat
let on pass on to speak of turnips more generally.
In sowing turnips, it is well to rue one 'of the
ordinary loakstitee machines. and the daughters of the
farmer's' hoe•shold may appropriately employ them-
selves in this interesting duty. They should give them
fell scope at Bret, and leave their brothers and the pip
to tusk them in Mterwarde.
But it would be well at this 'lege to inform our
readers that the turnip does not grow In • mashed
condition. In it. natural state the turnip (napes
nate/104) is • hard sphericel root, with • top.koot of
greenery. A. turnip Bad, in fall bloom, is • eharming
sight; but it is • penal Whom to mill the gimes, unless
you me on visiting terms with the owner of the crop.
Never treat the ordinary eating turnip with m
or any preparation of that antibilions drug. ATre:sit.
we ones knew ires.ed his turnip-fled with phosphide of
magnesium. What wee the result? Beery turnip of
that yeoman's orop—mid it was • large one—came to
the table like a conamdbalL And why? The magnesium
had taken all the bile oat of them I
Turnips are itadierd in their petition. Soars potatoes;
but we digress. Wo elate as a lack which may go for
what it is worth, that tarnips are weloonte guests
at the table of • tertian bootamkor in Bloomsbury,
who shall be nameless. Political mooninists may draw
their owe oonclusions, and point the= afterward%
with a view for e.bibition at the forthcoming Royal
Atedeeny.
We now have the turnip (tad not for the first time,
for it hen .It. been our)ot to meet with a pungent and
stringy one), and we do so with feelings of @outrun I,
tempered with oosznineretien. Wham an ty
oesurs we shall have much pleasure in bringing the
mama ander tar eyes of our readers.

[Our wriculturel editor has realised a first warning, end has
promised emendment.—rd. 1.. F. J

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