New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-24

| lar more difficulty managed, ana requires 10 be
much more highl, ped than here. ! hope shall
he pardonei for adding, "a nv deliberate conviction.
ina; we are TOO shy OF Investing money in improve
m-nts OF this GaiUrc. however secure because they
do not Weld 50 large per centare as many other
stuens some hat questionable in moral
view and vastly more 30 N respect 10 the security
! which they Offer.
There are circumstances IN the condition fittings
| here which certainly warrant much more lIbeTa!
expenditure in improvements than would be eligible
with U.s. Here exist the right OF prmogenule and
h. law of entail 80 that estate remains IN The
same family Tor centuries. and laan is cOmpara-
tivciv sure that the Improvements which he makes
will he enjole,i by his chi!dfens children. Things
are entirely different with us-hou>es in our cities
are continual, changing hands. and scarcely
occupied BY one life and in the country, even in
staid New England. few estates are IN the hands OF
the thyd OK fourth generation in the direct line OF
descent shall not nj ali discuss the comparative
advantages. expedencY Or ProprIely OF one or the
other system. | leave those differences TO others
my business is wi the TACT as Is; and Ike short
leases it has an obvious tendency 10 hinder or dis
courage improvements o; substantial ANA perma-
men; character, involving large expense.
OF English Capital, the Author says
% Another marked distinction, already alluded To-.
between The condition o. the froprietorS OF the soil
here and with US is in the amount OF capital exist
| ing here Ii is absolutely enormous and almost
distances the system of enumeration which we are
taught at our common schools. Let me mention
some facts which have been stated to me on credible
authority: and let promise that a pound sterling
i. about equal to i've duilar' United States currcn-
cV Under law Of The present government, here,
Lowing DIX upon every mans income hen il az
ceel- one hundred amd dty pounds sterling wear,
narsons liable io taxation are required 10 mike =
irsl return of their income under heavy penalty.
\ caniactioner ia London. returned, as his annual
income Inc sum o thirty thousand pounds sterling,
ar one hundred and iitv thousand dnlinrs, six
times as much n The SALARY OF the President OF The
United STATES: which showed, q; least, hos: shi.ui
bt was H. compromising OF lfe sweets OF lie. y
nol,eman il is SAID has contracted win a master
bnilier 10 erect for hini in London four thousand
not iorly not four hundred but four thousand houses
Of: a GOOD size for occupition. In sone OF the best
pnrts of London, OF land vast squares are oc-
cupcd with large and elegant dwelling houses, pay
ING heavy rents IN long rows blocks, and crescent>
and all belonging IN some single individual One
uohieman whose magnificent estate "as leit 10 him
b,, hi. father encountered with debt OF some hun
ired thousand pounds by limiting. rs it Is termed
here his cwn annual expenditure 10 thirty thousand
oounds, has well nigh extingushed this debt and,
in all human probability, will soon have his patr-
monaI estate free Of remembrance The incomes
Of some men in. the country, amount 10 twenty,
twenty five fiiv. o1c hundred thousand two hun
dred thousand srering- even three hundred thousand
pounds annually Ii is very dilllcnt ivr New Eng
land men even 10 conceive ui such wealth. \ lar
mer IN Lincolnshire told me HAT The c:0p OF wheat
crown upon his farm one year vas eighteen tiou-
saud bushels The rent annually paid BY one TAR
MGR IN Northumberland, the la;hians, exceeded
seven thousand pounds or thirty five thousand dot
lars. These facts. which have been stated 10 me by
gentlemen in whose varaciiy | have entire ronii-
,irnce ard who certainly are incapable 81 attempt-
ING any tricks Npon Travellers show the enormous
:. IL, hnr lnt,i \
Gentleman oc distinguished talents and fine classical
a,tairmenis and who adds To them public spirit
III agricultural Improvement WORTHY o! his educ2-
ton nnu his Understanding in the community has
recently added 10 his property, by the purchase ct
lards To the amount OF two hundred Thousand
pound; sterling, thai is, million OF dollars; nnd
his estate now in cultivation ard under his o"n
personal inspection and, with The exception OF about
lar hurrcTrc .ying Cne boz, amounts II
,ix thousand acres. Another gentleman OF high
rank, III respect 10 whom and 10 whose amiahe
family have Il constant struggle 10 restrain the
omen expression of my grateful sense of their kind
ness. and who an example here not uncommon, to
an extraordinary branry Of talent and an accom-
rIisbed education untcs The most active spirit OF
agricultural improvement, hns, though 20, all IN hi-
immediate occupation, Vet all under his immediate
| supervision, tract OF more than Twelve thousand
acres in a ofsyslcinac cultivation or gradual
| Improvement.
But as matters Of great practical importance,
which we cordially recommend 20 all our readers,
arc the following remarks upon Hedges and En-
closures
HEDGES AND ENCLOSURES.
The green fences in England, By which the farms
are surrounded ard dlvived are often beautiful
feature in the landscape. shall hereafter describe
their cultivation mud management Where ihey are
cOmnlete, and neatly trimmed ard termed, Wtn mere
and there single pian lett to Ti-e above Inc resi-
which mhny deem more beautiful 20 the eve than {,
Democratic level and when whtened with then
blossoms in the spring. or b!ushing deeply wiih
| their fruit i'll aUiumr HEY are exceedingly pleasing
| IN 1h.eyr. In General they are formed OF the mite
thorn and sometimes q! tie holly, ANA not uili'c-
nneuIly Of these Two plants mermlnglej Hut |
must confess myself somewhat disappointed III the
rnudi,ion Of the hedges throughout England. Oh
course there many exceptions, ana per:iapS Inc
cose. 10 which refer should he considered IS ex-
ccptiops 10 tie general fact but in frequent IN
stances they are greatly neglected. ! here are
many vacancies in hem: they are Rot wei ifini.
! med they are inicnnnglcd witi various wesss aud
| rubb-h; and. instead of teing confined 10 ";G'h
Of four or six feet. they often seen "il cirper.
ncious Accomplishments occupying more than ROD
| IN width. | inquired why this was permitted and
| why when tie resi- of the face was 20 clear and
| bright! such dirt spots were allowed 10 remain me
answer was that they were lett Tor the protection
| ii thu game ana tlut tneV ii"c SACc''SH' 'O''' .
| for natridceS aad foxes When 80 much care AMI
expense are incurred in the protection OF 'h'= k'nd
! of came * 10 he hoped that II may suggest al
WAYS the higher Guiy Of taking care al the human
came the hungry and ragged children, which IN
some parts ci England as numerous and grow
| ing u? Wild and many at lem rs iHlle taught
| Is tii, rabbits IN warren
The enclosures in England are OF various extent,
| from ento iwenj, and iiii, acres. i!eFe arr some
farms with scarcely Subdivision, and IN these ca==s
the siockar, soiel. In parts Of England however,
the, resemble the divisions OF New England farms
and ar, various sizes, but generally small and OF
m si,re.. nm! oiJen nos exceeding lonr or five acres
II !. rep,rted o! farmer in Drsonshire, that he
IarfIy cultivated one hundred acres oi " 'ea; IN nifty
,iTsieutfields There mus have been here great
waste ci lend an! labor Ore Of the most :! COMP
,ent Judges of agricultural improvrD ent in England
s,ys ever, that his tenants never wish To have
nnre ;sn one plousled field on Il farm
Tho JOSS in land by TOO mani fences, the loss Of
time in cnlrivating in small fields instead OF large
on scro,nr of the necessity OF more frequent turn
inss, and plonghing the head lands BY lnsmse'e5,
and The actual cost OF making and OF maintaining
~ So not IN add that these fences are shelter