The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-09-24 00:00:00

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ppris+! lutbch less mitideribi*; does the increased
prodOce span a farm hear any 'proportion to (he in.
creseed expense ?—I think that the increased et.
liettswatiswers ; the produce is Increased in .propor-
tion.

' • Is that product, upon a farm well conducted, and
with sufficient capital, doable what it is upon a
.fkrm where capital is wanted, and the old course of
husbandry is followed)—Taking an extreme row,
of a want of abflity and bad management, f think

It is.
Of late years, has not the progress of improve-
_ Vent, and the extension of the system of high
farming, been very considerable ?—Yery conside-
red%
Is k liltely•to:eontione to increase ?—I do not
chink that tkoilmpreiwemetit could go wrn with an awe.
tage crop at the present price.
Do you think that many of the poor land* would
in fact be put out of cottivation ?—f think that the
clay lands in Strisex, Surrey, and Kent, would be
thrown out of cultivation..
Yoe stat.d, you are acquainted with Lincolnshire,
have the improvement 4 been very great in that county
of late years ?—Yes, I think so ;'a large quantity of
lands have been taken into cultivation that formerly

were not so.
Have very greet capitals been employed i* reclaim-
ing and cultivating those lands ?—There hare been
large eaphats employed in it.
Would Ss. a bushel afford a fair return of profits to
Those :have so employed their capitals ?—Nut in
Are _ WYtalt. rovetnents still going .un ?—They
have+recebred,ri check in the lens in tincoltuddre.
• Do you apprehend a (limit:Wied produce will fol.-
n. in that- part of the kingdom, if wheat continue
Wow I. a bushel ; will there he a difficulty in find-
ing tenants there to take farms ?—At the rents they
have lately been let at, I think they VI.
Supporitig the price of corn to be reduced upon
the average to Ss. a bushel, do you apprehend that
*much of there lands will be laid down to pasture?
—A eteat deal will be laid down, but some of those
lands ate not fit for pasture.
Is It the general practice in the part where you are
employed to grant leases ?—No ; it is not.
Are they let from year to year ?—Yes.
Is there not an understanding between the land-
lord and tenant, either that he should be paid for
improvements in the event of removal from the farm,
or that his rent shall not be raised for a certain nom-
ber of years, as an inducement for him to make ins.,
provements 2,—Tberw i* -Sort- wort of confidence be.
t %%veil the tenant and landlord, that they are in No
fear of being dispossessed ; they do not expect to
hare their rents altered 'above once in 12 or 14 years,
and they go on from year to year. In the counties
of Surrey, Sussex, and Kent, if a tenant Is removed
by his landlord, he is generally paid liberally for his
improvements.

Do yoo think the farmer would ventore upon
prorements with the slime spirit Ind confidencO, if he
had not en expectation that the price of corn upon tft%
average of 14 years, during which he expects his
rent not to be varied, would rather rise than other.
wise think the increase in the price of corn for
the last 20 years, has been the great itimulus to im-
provements in the cultivation.
What is the comae of husbandry you now follow
upon the,landi yoo occupy ?—I have two sorts of
land, turnip land and heavy clay; on the turnip land
I.lsllow tog toruips, sow barley, then clover, gene.
rally pea•'stter, and wheat, and then fallow again;
upon the heavy land, fallow, for wheat, then clover,
then peas or beans; and wheat, then fallow.
Should you make any variation in' either of thote
courses, if wheat was permanently at Ss. a bushel ?
—1 should let my turnip land be four or five years
in grass seeds before I ploughed it again, and should
follow the same system with the clays, if the seeds
should continue so long.
Then what diference would this variation make
in the quantity of corn raised upon your farm ?—I
should probably redoce my arable land one-fourth at
least ; consequently, the produce in corn would be
reduced one-fourth.

How soon would you begin upon this reduction ?
--I should begin this alteration in my•coene of bus.
baedry next spring.
As far as yOur experience goes, do you think that
bidie' the same circumstances, marry other farmers
would follow the same course ?—I am firmly of opi-
nion, that the tinintity of arable land' will be mate•
rially reduced, if the present expenses attend it,
with the price of wheat at Rs.
Do you think that the lands that will remain in
cultivation will be managed With the same spirit and
the same expense as at present ?—I think the farmers
who have only their farms to depend on, will not be
able to do it ; t believe that to be the case with
much she greater number of farms.
Are the expenses-of repairs upon AO living don.
Mad within the last 25 years ?—I believe they are ;
every sort of tradesmen's charges that we employ are
*doable&

Do you not expect that the expenses of colti•a-
tion must necessarily he reduced, if the price of corn
tit Pight._ldare my the price of labour
would be reduced, though bars not felt that dirett
yet.
The feeding horses and servants, and every thing
of that sort ?—Servants is not reduced yet; meat is
nut much reduced.

r *,) be continued.]

A mason, at Brecon, a short time ego was order-
ed to erect a tomb-stone, on which he inscribed the
age of the deceased as 89. His friends, finding the
age to have been 90, insisted on his adding ,
n ofiher !leaf. This the ingenious Weichtnan access.
i abed and the stone now actual ly bears " aged 801 1"
A shocking accident happened on Saturday after-
iron, in Warrenham's coal-pit, near Pontefract-
isild.44-A boy pleying near the spot, Ucidentally felt
in, avid being observed by Mr. Thackrah (of the
firm of Russell and Thackrals, plumber' and gluier.),
• was pissing at the instant, he,.. Mr. T. instantly
descended into the pit, but either owing to fool air,
or some accident, he MI out of the bucket. After
some time another attempt was Made to rosette both ;
whets Mr. T. was found dead; and the boy moat
dreadfully hurt. The latVer'was farthwittibiken to
she liifirtaary, With little hope of recovery. Mr.
. *as left a site end font children.

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