The Art of Valuing Rents and Tillages (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ... and in some places, ten years for pasture, and six years on mown grass; and four corn crops, or six years, on arable lands. In other places a longer period is allowed. After one white crop has been taken, two thirds of the prime cost and expenses are allowed; after two white crops, one third is awarded; and after three years, the valuation ceases. On the supposition that bone dust must be sooner expended than the crushed bones themselves, it has been thought reasonable to allow one tillage more for the latter than for the former; and the dust is accordingly subject to the same valuation as dung, and determined by the four years' course of cropping. % ON COMPOSTS. Composts are mixtures gathered together in order to form a manure, and are generally composed of earths, clays, sand, and vegetables, with a suitable mixture of lime: if intended for grass lands, the heaps should be frequently turned, and well broken and pulverised, that the particles may soon get mixed and incorporated with the lime in the heap, and afterwards with the sward: the application, when properly performed, is attended with much success, and enriches the herbage much more than if the ingredients had been applied singly in the original state. In making valuation of composts, it is necessary to ascertain where the materials have been procured: if brought from a distance, the cost of material and of carriage is allowed, and also of mixing and spreading; if got on any part of the farm under the same tenure, nothing is given for the cost. On arable lands, the tillages are expended by two crops of corn; and on grass, by being twice mown, or four years in pasture. ON DRAINING. It has long been customary, in many places, for draining to be executed by the landlord and tenant jointly, --each part..