CONTENTS 



O F T H E 



FIRST VOLUME. 



BOOK I. 



Of hiring and flocking farms in culti- 

 vated countries, - - Page i 

 CHAP. I. Of the foil, 2 



CHAP. II. Of the contiguity of the fields, 1.6 

 CHAP. III. Of the probability of 



increafmg the quantity of land, - 20 

 CHAP. IV. Of the comparifon between 

 the covenants of the leafe and the 

 nature of the farm, - 25 



CHAP. V. Of the nature and fiat e of the 



fences, - 39 



CHAP. VI. Of the buildings on a farm 



and their repairs, - - 4.8 



CHAP. VII. Of roads and paths through 



a farm, - - - 57 



CHAP. VIII. Of the fiat e of the public 



roads and diftancefrom the market, 6 1 

 CHAP. IX. Of the ty the, 65 



CHAP. X. Of town charges. - 68 

 CHAP. XL Of the price of labour, ' - 70 

 CHAP. XII. Of fans other circumfianccs 

 which a farmer JJjou/d attend to in 

 hiring a farm, - - 72 



