400 Cultivation of Arable Land. Farms Hiring and flocking of. 



rately confider the nature of the foil, the climate, the relative fituation in refpedr. to 

 the convenience of improvements and markets, the fize in regard to his capital, the 

 manner in which the inclofures are difpofed with refpect to each other, the manage 

 ment of the former tenant, the covenants by which he is to i&amp;gt;e fettered, and Trial ly, 

 the amount and arrangements in regard to rent. Having made thefeconficit rations 

 \vith proper minutenefs and attention, weighing their advantages and di fad vantages 

 m his mind, without fuffermg himfelf to be influenced bv probable caufes, he 

 may be enabled to bring their benefits into competition with their difadvantage?, 

 and to compare the former with the amount of rent which he is required to pay, 

 in fuch a manner as to decide on the propriety or impropriety of his engaging them, 

 In this matter great care mould however be taken, that real inconveniences or diffi 

 culties be neither too much magnified nor too greatly defpifed, fo as to&amp;gt; produce * 

 too hafty or too protracted dec ifion; from both of which, evils may proceed. By 

 the latter, the fccuring of an advantageous farm may often be lod,while the former 

 may lead to the engaging of one that is not by any means adapted tohiscircumftances. 

 In thefe cafes the farmer fhould never fuffer himfelf to be too much influenced in 

 his determinations by the circumdances of the preceding occupiers, as fo much 

 depends upon management, that with one fort there may be confiderable lofs, while 

 under another a very adequate profit may be derived. 



The circumftances in refpect to the nature of the foil, which have been chiefly 

 directed to be attended to by Mr. Young, in fixing upon a farm, are thefe:&quot; ftiff- 

 nefs, moidure, expofure, levelnefs, flope, ftoninefs : what draining,manu ring, fenc 

 ing, &c. will be wanted : the roads, diftances of market, prices of commodities* 

 labour, &c. the date of tithes or gathering ; the poor rates ; the compactnefs of the 

 fields,and covenants relative to cropping ;&quot; as &quot; many fuch are extremely detrimen 

 tal to a good conduct of the land,&quot; And &quot;one general rule in hiring a farm mould 

 not, he fays, be forgotten to fix on good land, and he can fcarcely pay too much 

 for it; but, for poor foils, the lead rent is fometimes too high to be confident with 

 profit. By poor foils, however, are not to be underftood fuch as have a command of 

 lading manures, that work great improvements; nor wafte lands, which, under that 

 fulfe denomination, often are of all found the mod profitable.** 



It is obferved &quot; that the found, mellow, rich, putrid, crumbling, fandy loams 

 are of all foils the mod profitable ,- fuch as will admit tillage foon after rain, and 

 do not bake on hot gleams of fun coming after heavy rains, when finely harrowed : 

 fuch landj better worth forty millings an acre than many foils defcrve five. The 

 next foil is that of the diff loam, which is neareft allied&quot; to brick earth j this, till 



