Lnnr] is gradually going out of cultiva tion in nearly every district in the Unitrd Kingdom, In an article upon this subject the "Farmer" says: — "Land going out of cultivation in England is on the increase. The harvest of 1881 Iris not done more than to stay the downward course of many an English farmer, but thanks to that prop, and to a splendid season for sowing the corn, many a tenant farmer has been induced to try one more season. Then, the ft 1 n't advice we would give is, ' Hold your tenants if you can. Better half a loaf than none.' If, however, the tenants have already gone, and the land is going out of cultivation, the question arises, What it is better to do under the circum stance*!? It ii, then, according to those particular circumstances, and to the nature of the land, that we must endeavor to throw out a few vague suggestions in answer to the one absorbing question, which already stares many landed pro prietors blankly in the face. Happily there are landed proprietors in this country, not only careless of the income formerly derived from the letting of their land, but able to draw on their bankers to stock the farms and to fnrm the land themselves, with a view, not only to keeping it in a state of cultivation, but also to improve the present condition, and hold it until suitable tenants with a sufficient capital are again forthcoming. This, then, is doubtless the best thing to be done with land. It is the original arrangement, when tenant farmers were vassals. It is only beginning again."

fllently recommended I o investors. It is proposed to secure on lease farms or groups of farms in various counties, and to cultivate them with adequate capital, upon the most improved principles. Each group will he entrusted to the care of a manager, whose local experience will render him specially able to deal with the land question. Particular a'tention will he given to dai j farming ; to the rearing and feeding of •ittle, sheep, pigs, and poultry ; to mnrket-gimUning ; and to fruit culture. 