Metayersarealwaysfoundreadytoacceptasubdivision[ofland]……Theirmultiplication,aswehaveseeninthecaseofFrance,usuallygoesontilltheyarestoppedbythesmallnessoftheirmaintenance,or,asmoreoftenhappens,bythepolicyoftheproprietorsrefusingtosubdividelands,alreadysuppliedwithlaborbeyondthepointtheydeemmostadvantageoustothemselves.[22]

FollowingthistrackoneexpectsthatJoneswouldgoontosaythat,atleastinsomecases,nonlandinputsrelativetolandinputswereequallyintensive（oroutputyieldsequallyhigh）,andinsteadheconcluded:

Iftherelationbetweenthemetayerandtheproprietorhassomeadvantageswhenparedwith……theserf……,,marsalmosteveryattemptatimprovement.[23]

ItisdifficulttosaywhetherJones'"stock"intheland,classicaleconomistsseemtomean"investment"inland,,investmentisthebalancingofconsumptionovertime;thatis,,pullsaweed,,orthroughtheuseofmorefertilizers,betterirrigation,,therefore,tosayboththattheintensityoflaborinput（whichcanbeusedtoimproveland）canbefreelyadjustedandalsothat"thedividedinterestmarsalmosteveryattemptatimprovement",andeventoMillandothersafterhim,theconceptof"improvement"or"investment",,insteadofviewinglaborandnonlaborinputsasdifferentphysicalentitiesperformingdifferentfunctionsinproduction,,"labor"is"short"andnon-laboris"long,"and"improvements"weremadeonlyby"capital"andnotby"labor."