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it a critical timcj the evils of which ncglcft may 

 not be remedied for years together. Every one 

 who hath attended to works of hufbandry muft be 

 fenfible, that in all their fcveral parts they are only 

 links of one chain ; either of which being broken, 

 the whole work is frequently thrown into confu- 

 fion, particularly with regard to the mod proper 

 feafons for the different labours of the field; — a 

 circumftance of no fmall moment in our varying 

 climate. 



This fentiment fhould be imprelTed with all pof- 

 fible energy; and it cannot be done in more for- 

 cible and comprehenfive terms than thofe of Cato: 

 ** Res ruftica fic eft, fi mam rem fero feceris omnia 

 " opera fero facies." 



It is likewife to be obferved that, although the 

 Gentleman's crops may, in many inftances, be 

 larger than thofe of other men ; yet, by trufting 

 too much to his fervants, he is often put to needlefs 

 cxpence, which the common farmers avoid, and on 

 account of which they objed to the propriety of his 

 method; fo that hereby the public-fpirited gentle- 

 man fometimcs hurts the caufc he intends to ferve. 



However, the well-educated bailiffs arc more 



I likely to do their mafters ftrift juftice than the 



Vol. I. X illiterate; 



