404 Cultivation of Arable Land. Farms Hiring and Stocking of. 



how are they to make ufe of fuch advantages ? For thefe and other reafons, 3 

 farmer mould not think of venturing on a trad: of land which he cannot command, 

 that is, farm as feems beft to him.&quot; 



It is obvious that a variety of advantages in the management of a farm muft re- 

 fu It from the different fields being connected, and not fituated at a diftance from 

 each other i much time and trouble muft conftantly be faved, beiides many other 

 conveniences being attained. It has been remarked by the above writer, that &quot; many 

 farmers too often overlook this circumftance. If they attended to it, as much as 

 their profit required, we mould fee landlords reforming their eftates in this parti 

 cular more than many do at prefent. There is not a more expenfive, perplexing 

 circumftance in a farm, than the fields being in a draggling, disjointed fitua- 

 tion.&quot; 



Where the exertions of the farmer are to be clogged with fuch reftrictive claufes 

 in theleafe of a farm as muft prevent him from cultivating it under the moft ad 

 vantageous method of hufbandry, there is every reafon for his confidering the matter 

 well before he agrees for the farm, or he may find himfelf injured in a much 

 greater degree than is eafily conceived. The author of the Fanner s Calendar 

 has obferved, that &quot;the merit or reafonablenefs of covenants muft be confidered 

 always on comparifon with the nature of the farm. It is for want of this confi- 

 deration that unreafonable covenants are ever propofed. Thefe prohibitions are 

 foolifh, but fometimes admiflible : they muft depend on local circumftances, to be 

 well weighed by the farmer who hires.&quot; &quot; The principal point here neceiTary to 

 touch on, is the combination of rent, tithes and rates, inonefum. Knowing the 

 capital intended to be inverted, eftimate the intereft of it at not lefs than 10 per 

 cent, and then calculate theexpenfes and produce ; the former deducted from the 

 latter leaves that furn which the farmer can afford to pay in thefe three fpecies of 

 rent. Deduct further the tithes and rates, and the remainder is what he can afford 

 to pay to the landlord. If rent be valued in any other way, it muft, he fays, be 

 erroneoufly and deceitfully done, and no dependence can be placed on it.&quot; 



The mode of paying the rent may likewife in fome inftances demand the notice 

 of the farmer in engaging a farm. 



In the flocking of farms there will be considerable difference according to their 

 nature, fituation, and manner in which they are conducted; but an adequate capita! 

 mould always be employed, or there will be great lofs fuftained. It has been 

 obferved by Mr. Young, that ct thirty years ago, the fum that was ufually appro 

 priated to ftocking a farm varied from 3!. to 5!. an acre; and it was a general 

 idea, that the latter fum was fufficient for any farm, part arable and part grafs^ of 



