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point, ui favour of the farmer, is, how much his land 

 will be improved by following this fyftem. 



It muft naturally occur to thofe, who might be in- 

 clined to purfue this fyftem, that the vicinity of towuS 

 would be found moft eligible, on account of the vaft 

 number of labourers and tradefmen, who live in fuch 

 places, without having any means of keeping a cow ; 

 as, of courfe, all the town-parks muft be occupied by 

 the wealthier part of the inhabitants. 



SfcCT. 10. Prices of Hides , Tallow^ Wool, and 

 >tiantity fold. 



HIDES. This article varies very much with refpeft 

 to price. In times of war, hides are always higher 

 than in thofe of peace. Though this faft may appear 

 ft range, from the great quantity of beef, that muft be 

 exported in the former cafe, yet fo it is, and always 

 holds good. From this it muft be inferred, that war 

 encreafes the value of leather to a confiderable degree. 

 The price alfo differs according to the weight of the 

 hide j one weighing eighty pounds may coft at the rate 



of 4O.c. by the hundred weight; when another, of 



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feventy pounds, may coft only 35^. by the fame 



weight. The tanners have rules to go by, according 

 to particular weights. A cow-hide fells generally 

 higher, Weight for weight, than that of a bullock. 



The 



