important is, the fencing fo many of yoiir 

 fields yourfelf, and leaving the fhorter line 

 of outward fence againft other farms. In 

 a compact farm, a man never (except in the 1 

 ring-fence) hedges and ditches only one 

 field at a time ; he neceflarily does two at 

 once. But thefe advantages are too ap- 

 parent, at the firft mention, to need eluci- 

 dating. 



If the fields of a farm are in this conti- 

 guous and compact fituation, a man mould 

 value it in the rent he eftimates the land 

 at: The circumftance is as much worth an 

 annual payment, as any acre in any fafiri. 

 Six-pence, or nine-pence, an acre (in- rich 

 countries), fuch advantages muft be cheap 

 at. This I know, I would give a milling, or 

 eigh teen-pence, an acre more for a compact 

 farm, than for a disjointed one of the very 

 fame nominal value ; and this without fup- 

 pofmg the evil fo great as it is found hi 

 many farms. Some lands are fo little corr-r 

 tiguous as not to be worth) of any man's 

 money, half a crown an acre ; which, 

 compact, would be cheap at twelve mil- 

 lings, 



C 2 CHAP. 



