The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-04-10

0-Ae ~ nutA1s looking % NE improve
nenI az the coli Ihen, the terms oG
ieasrs range from IA yeais 70 lie time.
and n some instances from fsiher 10 son.
and ne have read u srme oflhe more opu-
lent tenants inrurring oullays Of se,ersl
thousand pounds, ~ The commencement
II their leases, IN the pasrhase of lime
and othfr frsliiizing manures, and Ending
themselves repaid BY increased products
lor hleH expenditures. The length Of
The Engfrh base then. holds out Il duce-
meni 70 tbs tenant 10 expend his means
freely, and he wisely makes his expendi-
lures =, The beginLing Of his lease. IN or
der that he may reap the benefit Of The i'm
prosement Thus encouraged, he secs il
70 be Als interest 10 buy manure, and the
consequence i. that both he and his land
lard profit by i.
The system Of lifting lands, however,
. Ear different in our country. Here the
generality Of farms are from year 10 year.
. lew Tor three years. and still fever fnr D
greater number; so that the iensns. IL he
should have the means Of buying manure,
i lffi without the inducement 70 expend
his money in is pr cunmeni; for he rea-
sons 10 himself Tins" If improve nv
landlords farm, Al the end Of my term he
will either turn me OF or exact . higher
ren'." Ihis Is selfish and short sigIa-
cd policy; bul il is still one that finds an
apology in The very infrmiiies Of snr ma
ture, and Is not devoid Of smack OF that
shEewdness peculiar 10 our people.
Wouldiinnt then, be for The muiualinte
restafboll landlord and tenant, IL the term
OF our leases were extended sufficiently
long to hold ont an indictment 10 ten
ant TO look 10 improvement az an impor-
tant source Of pro!ill We think il would.
Aud we think also by the way Of giving
impetus 70 the spirit of improvement, that
ihe landlord should 50 graduate his rents,
that the lenant should be called upon by
the twO-iold motive of interest and duty
To improve as well as I'LL The soil-ihal he
should find il 10 be his intere,t 10 pli
somethii z into, rahcr Than take all out oil
The land in his tenancy. The lease might
stipulate that 4 certain number OF bushels
Of lime and plaster should be put on the
land yearly, or II all events during The
ierm'af the lease, aud that de ienan,
should also sow certain number Of BUSH
els of clover seed. To bring about this
desirable result the rent should be 50 ar.
ranged as 10 price, that tie landlord would
be made to bear just proportion Of the
outlay. and lock 70 the Improvement Of
IA. i-..i f--- sI..- sssseidssstrvff.
lfsuch a change in the relation fland-
lard aa6 tenant could be brought about
could only be once siaricd--ils evident ad
vaniages would beso apparenlthatit would
become popular. and a few years would be
sufficient 10 effect such an improvement
in rented lands, as To create new aspect
on the surface Of this goodly country Of
ours; for interest would overcome selfish
ness, and men. in the furilrcrance Of that
interest, would be induced 10 be liberal 10
the land and jus, TO themselves, so that,
we should, in Few years. have the pride
aud graliiic ,iiun Of beholding very diffe
rent order Of men occupying the relation
I Of tenants to those WIN now fill that sta
ton; men of competent means to improve
farm would prefer to TAXA a lease of Il
years to purchasing, because they woult
feel assured that their true policy eonsist
cd in 50 Doing. g.