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Article XIIL 



On various Articles of Ejfex Hiijbandry. 

 [By the Rev. Mr. Onlev, in a Letter to the Secretary.] 

 Sir, 



I AM confident that in general, for any benefi- 

 cial purpofc, grazing is the farming of gentle- 

 men. But where, as with us, hay fells high, it is 

 neceflary, and probably in general more profitable, 

 to have one-fourth of the land in four fields arable, 

 for a fupply of winter and fpring artificial paf- 

 turage. The coach-horfes of any private family, 

 M'ithout any material refiraint, will conduct this 

 bufinefs under one good fanning fervant ; and the 

 heavy expence of many labourers, and a team, 

 which none but a mere farmer can manage to any 

 oeconomical purpofe, and whofe attention for a 

 neceffary return moft continually be applied to 

 matters of the loiueft kind, will be avoided. 



In the difpofal of ground, (and even little men, 

 avoiding the expenfive whims of tafte, may fairly 

 attend to this, as it leads to that gardening near- 

 ncfs, on which profitable farming depends) a field 

 or two of perfedly hoed crops form in the ramble 

 a neceflary contraft to the grazing grounds, and 

 with good low hedges, a few clumps of planta* 



tion. 



