^82 On the Proper Size of Farms* 0£k. 



nius far furpafles the general run. in whatever circumflanccs 

 they may be placed. i hus, while it would re^juire a man of 

 coniiderablc abilities to manage, in the belt manner, a tarm 

 oi 300 acres in tillage, 1 ihould luppofe, that were the valt abili- 

 ties of a Foxy or oi a Pitt, to be concentred on agriculture, with 

 an inclination to the profcflion, they could, with equal eafe, 

 manage a farm of ten times the extent : at lealt, tnole who 

 undertake fuch a charge, and do jullice to the lubjecl, might 

 be confidered, in agriculture, as thole two great characters 

 are in politics, among the moit enlightened of their com- 

 patriots. 



A farm in the vicinity of a great town, requires more abir 

 lities to ihanage, in proportion to its extent, than a farm in 

 a more remote fituation j btcaule the branches of operation 

 are more minutely divided, and the fources, from which tne 

 levenue is obtained, flow in more various channels -, wnile the 

 general economy of the whole is regulated b) mure uncertain 

 and variable principles. 



4. Offeveral farms in the poflefllon of ofie farmer, lying at 

 a dijtance irom one another. 



In this fyftem, the advantages are not altogether fo great 

 as when the farms are contiguous : For, i//, ihe contrait in 

 the foil gives no advantage in the labour ; nor can the Itrength 

 of the whole be concentred on one obje£t : of courfe, a greater 

 expence in labour is incurred. 2flf, As the mailer cannot over- 

 fee the whole perfonally, he muft delegate his authority in 

 part to an overleer, which feldom turns out fo tffedtive. But, 

 in other refpe£t&, the advantages are nearly equal ; and in po- 

 pulation it is fuperior ; for more people arc rcquircu 10 00 the 

 fame work. The profit, of courfe, w ill be diminifhed j but 

 as the farmer will be more in the practice of travtrling the 

 country, he will naturally become more intelligent, and thence 

 carry on his plans more judicioully. 



Head II. 



Gf Farms aitcgether in Pasture, including a fmall proportion of 

 1 illage, for raiftng Corn and Potatctsfor the refdeniers. 



Thefe may alfc be confidered under the fame fubdivifions 

 £s in the former head. 



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