Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-05-30
PRODUCTIVE FARMS.

To person not familiary acquainted with the
history and statistics Of English husbandry, the
IRENE productiveness OF the farms of that country,
will appear Incredible. Nearly nine-tenths of the
cultivated land in Great Britain and Ireland, are
rented to tenants, who pay usually from four to
FIVE pounds sterling, per acre annual rent. Where
is the farmer, in this country, who could live un-
der such burden Here, farm comprising a
hundred acres, is often rented for one hundred dol
lars, and even at this rate, the tenant has hard
task. The cultivation, even where there are a
large ntmber Of acres in grass, will little more than
pay the rent and taxes but in England the result
is widely different. The tenant who there pays
FIVE pounds stering per acre, annual rent and finds
all appliances, obtains not only comfortable liv-
ing, but wealth from the prosecution Of calling
which here would doom him to want and misery,
and ultimately, death, unless assisted by the town.
In 1911 Mirwin estimated the produce Of one En-
glish farm of $50 acres, at Es, ,-or $4,000 -
The quantity Of manure applied was 1915 one
horse cart loads in one year, and TO- $50 the next
Now admitting the rent Of this farm to be s2, per
acre, and the cost of manure and its application l2
more and if to this sum we add, for interest or ex
penses, taxes and the various contingent expenses
Of cultivation, &C.. 12 more, we shall find, upon
striking the balance, that there will remain prof
it Of $40 the acre, amounting in the gross aggre-
gate to the sum Of $4,000 clear gain to the tenant
in a single year! f
In the vicinity Of London, hay farm comprising
ITO acres was rented. The rental in this instance,
was l2 acre, amounting in the whole to 81 .920 per
year. A very heavy expenditure was required for
probably as mitch as many a New Eng
land farmer would have been willing TO give for the
land, and yet the tenant succeeded, and has since
become wealthy and with no other income than the
products Of this farm.
In ireland, poor tenant hired an acre of land,
erected his cottage, purchased manure and farm
ing tools, and the first season cleared all expenses
and had a balance Of GS lett. And yet that Irish
peasant to the expenses and OUTLAWS above
enumerated, had church tax to pay, and 10 be at
the expense Of purchasing his own seed, and main
tanning family of four besides himself and wife,.
The ffugaliy Of the Irish peasantry is proverbial
They want nothing Of luxury, and are as contented,
and far more robust, with their fare Of simplemilk
and potatoes, than the New Englander with the
best and most nutritious viands he can procure :
but there was something more than mere frugality
at the bottom Of this mans success There was
thorough cultivation thing which in New Eng
land may be said tobe wholly unknown. This is
the mystery and the only one. That peasant
would have starved on forty acres!
A man in Springfield had his coat tails burnt In
q horFid manner the other day, By the ignition
Ofabunch Of Iocofoco matches which he was carry
ing il hispocket. No Insurance.
PLREvE ov MoEnvs--The Bank Of England hes
In her vaults. Ono Hundred and Sixty Tons 81
Geld. oQuaI 70 Two Ihnu1fn1 SaQnu knnslrna and