Mr. Caird, the well-known writer on agricultural subjects, sums np
in the Times his opinions on the land projects likely to be submitted to Parliament. He is opposed to tenant-right, as tending to deprive the incoming tenant of capital necessary to his cultivation of the soil, but thinks Mr. Disraeli's pro- posal of a notice of two years previous to eviction would be a valuable addition to the farmer's security. It would, however, be not beneficial, but positively injurious, unless sup- plemented by compensation for two kinds of unexhausted out- lays. For the first, or outlays on manures and feeding materials, the incoming tenant should always pay ; for the second, or out- lays on buildings, drainage, &c., if the improvements have been sanctioned by the landowners. Mr. Caird still prefers leases, with a fair prospect of renewal by revaluation and not after competi- tion, as the best form of tenure, and to show the importance of the subject, states that an increase in the produce of England of only one-fifth " would give us additional food to the value of more than forty millions sterling."
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