A MODEL LANDLORD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2011, 28 May 1885, Page 4

A MODEL LANDLORD.

Lord Tollmu ul, i- a Toiy amont< Tunes, the mj^oio.is upliolder of Chinch and State and e\ciy Conservative watch word. Tins model landloid holds bw<\) over so m» '20 000 actos in ftp County o ( Cla-.tuii, iiiul limn Ins lor<H> castle oi overlook an estate of 50 farms of 10> acics eieh. 40 moie betwten 100 and K"> acres each, and "270 cottages each with three acres of l.md attached let to farm laboreis and cottageis. Not one of these farm 1 ! or tenements ever goes begging a tenant, for the leases run for twenty one yeirs, and though a tenant may quit by giving twelve months notice, the loul himself has not the power to oust the occupier, who is compensated for all improvements when he leaves, and moie over has free license to kill haiea and »abbits on his land ; indeed so little game is preserved that only one gamekeeper i-, kept, who scarcely knows how to lire a gun. It is however as icgards the laboieis on his estate that his louUhip shows us up so well. Ever Mnee he came into the propcity his constant endeavoui is to amelioiate their condition. Though now eighty yeais of age, he peisonally visits them and asks their advice as ta any contemplated improvements, besides maintaining a lively per sonal iuteicst in their welfare. Neat substantial biick -built cottages stand in three acies of ground, the conditions of occupancy being that each man must w oik, it he can, on the farm to which the cottage is attached, thereby saving him a long diaggi.ig to and from hU woik. Ho must also keep a cow, the produce of which finds ready sale in the district. One acre of land is alloted to hay, a quarter to tillago, and the remainder to pasture. These facilities permit of a rental of £10 or £11 a year which is easily and readily paid, and to provide against loss a cow club to which all contribute is maintained amongst the tenants to guard against possible loss of animalb. There is enough land to maintain a heifei , and many cottagers bring one up to their great advantage. It every landloid in England and elsewhere would conduct his estate on principles like this there would be less misery and less outcry about tlio depression ill agricultural ciicles, and the untortunate tendency which leads men to congregate in vast masses in our great cities would be counteracted. Scarcely a mail cares to emigrate or to migiate fiotn Lord Tollemache's land, and whenever he ia illadvised enough to do so is only too glad to find his way back from the reeking city to the pure air and living of the country side. Close to the mansion ate masses of bilberry bushes the fruit of which is given to the women and children of the estate, who assemble to pluck them for sale to the hucksters, who await business in the high load below. — Daily News.