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But where Agriculture is little underftood, and 

 badly praclifed, it is generally bed carried on in 

 large farms, and by the owners of them. 



Improvements mud firft begin among men of 

 property, who have large farms. The tenants of 

 fmall farms cannot run rilks, by making untried 

 or doubtful experiments; but the tenants of large 

 farms may, as they are generally more wealthy, 

 and more capable of judging from clofe obferva- 

 tion. A little lofs by unfuccefsful experiments 

 will not materially injure them ; but ftill it cannot 

 be expected that they will make improvements 

 equal to land-owners, who are lefs influenced by 

 prejudices and cuftoms, and are better acquainted 

 with improvements made in diftant places. 



There appears to be a great remiflhefs in our 

 common farmers' general method of treating their 

 fummcr fallows. After thefe have been once 

 ploughed, they are often let lie without a fecond 

 ploughing till many of the weeds come into 

 flower, and even per feci and (lied their feeds. By 

 this fhameful neglecl, a frefh crop of weeds is 

 fown, and occafion a great deal of future labour. 

 Many farmers indeed take confiderable pains, and 

 are at much expencc, to clear their lands of weed* 

 w hen they fpring up ; but few, if any, take much 



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