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are found every where to depend on ma-. 

 nagement, fcarce ever on foil. A good far- 

 mer gains great crops wherever he goes ; 

 a bad farmer always poor ones. But as the 

 rent is proportioned commonly to the foil, 

 and as good hufbandry may be exerted on 

 good as well as bad ones ; it is requifite to 

 form an exact judgment of what every kind 

 of foil is worth in rent. 



And here let me remark, that, whenever 

 I fpeak of rent, I mean the amount of rent 

 (commonly fo called), lights, the poor, 

 church, conftable, furveyor's rates, repairs of 

 buildings, covenants for work, &c. in a word, 

 every article of annual expence,, to which 

 the farmer is liable from the occupation of 

 his farm. If he confiders the landlord's 

 rent alone, he will, in numberlefs inftances, 

 be wretchedly deceived, and fubjecl for 

 ever to the worft of miftakes. 



All ftiff foils are viewed to moft advan- 

 tage in winter : the general fault of them 

 is wetnefs, which is in the greateft excefs 

 at that feafon of the year. If the fields are 

 level, and the water ftands in the land, 

 notwithftanding the furrows are well 

 ploughed and open, it is a certain fign that 

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