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ihe rents advance between a third and a fifth, llic 

 increafe of the corn does not feem to be in this pro- 

 portion, for ufually on being inclofed much of the 

 land is laid down under artificial graffes, lefs plough- 

 ed, fewer fallows are made, and more of green 

 crops are introduced into the fyftem of hufbandry. 

 The quantity of the general produce, however, cer- 

 tainly increafes in a greater proportion that the rent ; 

 for by inclofing, the capital employed by the farmer 

 is confiderably increafed, and I think it demonflrable 

 that the more capital a farmer employs in the ma- 

 nagement of his farm, the greater quantity . of pro- 

 duce he carries to market for the ufe of the corti- 

 munity. The flock on an inclofed farm undoubtedly 

 improves; for, no longer fubjeft to the cufloms of 

 the place, every farmer is at liberty to confult his 

 own judgment in the improvement of his cattle; 

 and experience ftiews that the flock in the inclofures 

 is generally better than that in the common fields. 

 The nature and fize of the inclofures feem to be well 

 underflood by the men who have been employed; 

 in general, they have very judicioufly adapted the 

 fize of the field to the fize of the farm ; and if I 

 might be allowed to offer a hint for future inclofures, 

 it would be, to confult as much as poffible the nature 

 of the foil, and to place the fences, as near as may 

 be, on the fpot where the nature of the foil changes. 

 I know it cannot always be done; but I certainly 

 fliould recommend the facrificing of a flraight hedge, 



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