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Agriculture, OM Commerce. 451
that the Jaws can do, is to secure this right to thE;:' ocell
pier of the grou· ,d, that is, to constitute SUC!l a sys.
tern of tenure, that the full and en~_ire a,l.\lantage of
every imprtlvt:ment go to the benetl~ of the improv­
~r; that every man wurk for him~eIf, and l~ct for
anoth~r; an rl that no one f-hare it! the p!"ofit \vho
does 110t assist in the production. rBy the o{cl'Pier I
!lere mean, not so much the persoll who pert~)rms
the work, as him who procure, the labilur and dir~cts
the management: and I consider the \ljho)e profir as
recci~tt"d by t!~~ occupier, \~hen th~ occupier i~ benefitted
by the \'ihole value ()f ,vhat is prcduced, \\~hich
is the case with the tenant \\'nO pays a fixe(~ rellt forthe
u-;e of land, no less thaIJ ~~·itll the rropri~tor -.\;ho
Ij()~J~ it as rjlS own.) 1"'he one ha - the SillIle interest
in the produce, and i!l tlte 2d,,'antage of every improvenlent,
~s the other. Likewise the proprietor,
though he gr2nt out hb estate to farm, may be considered
as the OCcllpi~r, in so rGu:.:h as he regulatts the
()ccupation by the choice, sUFerintendency, and encouragement
of his tenant