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induftry and good execution of work, than excefEve 



labour and fatiguing exertions of ftrength. 1 



fhall conclude this chapter with forae pieces of ge- 

 neral advice. 



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Thofe who employ fervants in agriculture fliould 

 encourage them to be careful of their health, and to 

 make it a point of confideration. A proper prudence 

 in this refpect is perfectly confident with induftry, 

 and is indeed the mod neceffary circumftance to- 

 wards the execution of a great quantity of work. — 

 It is common with agricultural focieties to give pre- 

 miums for the greateft number of children ; but this 

 fhould always be conjoined with another condition, 

 that the children fliould be healthy, and this laft cir- 

 cumftance fhould preponderate againft the other. 



The fituation of farm-houjes is a matter of great 

 conft-quence as it regards health. The greateft care 

 fhould be taken to place them in dry fituations with 

 a defcent from them every way, and upon a gravelly 

 fpot, or at leaft fuch a one as is free from fprings 

 that rife to, or near to, the furface of the earth. 

 Care alfo fliould be taken to place the repofitories 

 for dung and other manure at fome diftance from 

 the houfe, and this caution fhould alfo be extended 

 to the hog-ftyes and poultry-yards. The neceflary 

 attention to the feeding thefe animals does not allow 



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