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buflies, and brambles, has been rendered fertile by 

 means of the plough, muft be k^pt in that im- 

 proved ftate by its frequent ufe, otherwife it would 

 foon revert to that wild barren (late which was Tts 

 original condition. 



A farm, therefore, which confifbs wholly, or al- 

 moft fo, of land that is properly arable, muft ever 

 continue arable j for it is not pra6licable to render 

 it in any degree fertile, but by means of the plough ; 

 or to keep it long fo, even when it is made fo. 

 But though arable land cannot be converted into 

 meadow or pafture proper for a dairy, it may be 

 planted with articles which, it is well known now, 

 will anfwer the purpofe of feeding horned cattle, 

 efpecially milch-cows, as effedlually as good mea- 

 dow or pafture, producing as much milk, and alto- 

 gether as rich, as fweet, and as good. 



But the great interefting queftion is. Whether 

 thofe articles which can be procured only by the 

 heavy expences of ploughing, harrowing, feed, and 

 other operations which neccflarily attend their cul- 

 ture and harvefting, will afford as much fuftenance 

 in proportion to the expence, as meadow or pafture 

 which is liable to little or none, excepting what is 

 made into hay, the cattle gathering it for themfelves 



as they confume it? 



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