What is "betterments"

Usage examples of "betterments".

The colonel stands wonderful well with our folks, and he 'll not let all this first-rate land, with such capital betterments, go out of the family without an iffort, I conclude--but then I calcilate on _his_ being killed--there must be a disperate lot on 'em shot, afore the war's over, and _he_ is as likely to be among 'em as another.

This apparent simple-mindedness lasted all the time it took the general to learn the strength and weakness of Les Aigues, to master the details of its revenues and the manner of collecting them, and to ascertain how and where the robberies occurred, together with the betterments and economies which ought to be undertaken.