made. The more I confider the fubjeft, the 

 more my ideas are enlarged, and the more I 

 am furprifed at perceiving the extreme diffe- 

 rence in the management of farms juft now 

 prevalent in the country. 



Were the prefent modes of agriculture to 

 undergo a rigorous fcrutiny, I believe it would 

 be found, that not one hundredth part of the 

 farmers manage their grounds properly, and 

 that nine-tenths are actually undoing the im- 

 provements that have been already made. 

 Nay, what is ftill more furprifing, it is too 

 probable, that the very perfons who have for- 

 merly made great improvements, will often be 

 found undoing them, to the great detriment 

 not only of themfelves, but of the nation in 

 general. 



It is eafy to fee, that fuch abfurd and con- 

 tradictory conducfl proceeds from the want 

 of fome proper and approved fyftem of agri- 

 culture generally known and eftablifhed 

 throughout the nation: And nothing can 

 prove theneceffity for theeftablifhmentof fuch 

 a fyftem, more than the conliderations above- 

 mentioned ; nor can any thing be more fim- 

 ple, or more eafily comprehended, than the 

 outlines of the fyftem I would propofe, as the 



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