500 



yard to let them take the air in, in the day- 

 time : all is so formed that the grain may 

 be put in at the back part; and the floors 

 are laid in such a manner, that the corn 

 may be carried to the barn without the loss 

 of one grain, or a single straw. This saves 

 the thatching of stacks at the time when 

 harvest is got in, or cellars to put turnips 

 and potatoes in, to preserve them from frost. 

 The stables for horses are so situated that, 

 from the intended thrashing-floor, there is 

 no occasion to go out into the wet or cold. 

 The fences round the farm are made of 

 cedar-posts and chesnut-rails, which, it is 

 said, will last a hundred years. The land 

 is rented at twenty shillings per acre, per 

 year, as I remember, and is as good land 

 for tillage as the greatest part of America. 

 The stumps of trees are all taken out of the 

 land, &c. 



I was introduced to the tenant, who is 

 the son of a gentleman in the corporation 

 in Philadelphia ; and, therefore, one might 

 imagine, not destitute of money to execute 



