more advantageous to cultivate 200 acres 

 completely, than 300 indifferently, for want 

 of plenty of money : And the practice of the 

 moft enlightened ones prove the fame thing 

 as the fentiments of the reft, however con- 

 trary to their conduct; for we very often 

 fee very large fums applied to the culture 

 of farms, and fuch as render a fpirited 

 practice neceflary to pay the intereft off. 



The caufe of fuch numerous deviations as 

 we find from prudence, in this cafe, is the 

 avarice of hiring a large quantity of land ; 

 their great ambition is not to farm welly 

 but much. Nine out of ten had rather 

 cultivate 500 acres in a flovenly manner^ 

 though conftantly cramped for money, than 

 250 acres completely, though they would 

 always have money in their pockets^ And 

 numerous are the inftances in which they 

 would be richer at the end of a leafe of 200 

 acres, than of 400. But from whatever 

 fource this error is derived, the fact, that it 

 is an error, is indifputable. 



Farms are fometimes hired with fuch 

 fmall fums, that many believe it to be 

 almoft impollible to carry them on : and 

 yet the farmers of fuch do manage to go 



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