6i ^lejlbns upon General Subjects. Jan, 



fhould intimate, at the audlfy or counting day, that favours 

 would not be granted to thofc tenants ivho did not take in the 

 Annals ; which is a fure proof of the bad tafte that prevails 

 amongft that uleful clafs of men ; for, with perfons of difcern- 

 ment and information, coercive meafures, in my humble opi- 

 nion, would be totally unnecefTary. In order that you may 

 not be obliged to rcfort to this ncw-fafliioned way of procuring 

 readers, I beg leave to fuggclt, that diligence, judgment, and 

 impartiality, will be the bed preventatives. While the public 

 always wilh to deal upon tlie principle of " value received, " 

 they are generally dilpofcJ to countenance and reward every 

 perfon who furniHies tliem v/ith wholefome inftruclion and 

 rational entertainment. Yours, &c. 



Amicus. 



roR THE farmer's magazine. 



^lejlions upon General Subjects of Agriculture. 



In order that fuch perfons as wifli to promote what muft 

 be confidered the true intereft of Britain, and are capable of 

 communicating their knowledge, may be at no lofs in the 

 choice of fubje£l:s, we fubjoin a lift of feveral leading Quef- 

 tions ; Anfwers to which will be highly acceptable. 



1. \V1iether is it moft advantageous to the State, that land 

 fhould be cultivated by proprietors -, or, that a right to culti- 

 vate the foil fhould be affigned, for a limited time, to other 

 perfons, upon certain terms, preftations, and refervations ? 



2. By which clafs, proprietors or tenants, have improve- 

 ments been moft generally introduced ? 



3. What proportion of the produce is the poflefTor of an 

 arable farm capable of paying to the proprietor, upon the fup- 

 pofition that three fifths of the fame are under corn, and that 

 the crop, upon an average of years, fliall be feven bolls per 

 acre j one fifth under clover and pafture ; and the remainder, 

 one half under turnips and potatoes, and the other half plain 

 fummer-fallow : It being underftood, that the pofleflbr fhall 

 receive legal intereft for his capital ftock, with a fufficient allow- 

 ance for upholding his ftock, fo as it may be equally valuable at 

 his deparature from, as at his entry to, the farm j and that his 

 perfonal income from the farm fliould not be lefs than what Is 

 ufually acquired by merchants and manufa£l:urers, who invefl: 

 a capita of a like extent in their refpe<^ive trades ? 



4. Whether 



