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and frefh fupplies demanded. All expences 

 will multiply. 



In fuch a ftate, how is it poffible lie 

 mould turn his land to the beft advantage ? 

 A vein of the fineft marie may be under 

 his fields ; he can have nothing to fay to 

 it. He may be within 3 or 4 miles of a 

 town, where dung and afhes are to be had 

 on very reafonable terms ; but how is he 



to afford the purchafe. Nothing can 



be clearer than the infinite difadvantages 

 of fuch a confined fituation. 



It would be abfurd to take any trouble 

 to point out how farms fhould be flocked 

 that are hired on thefe principles ; fuch a 

 defign would be even pernicious; the 

 reader muft not, therefore, expeft in the 

 ehfuing calculations that I aim the leaft at 

 enabling him to play the floven. I {hall 

 fuppofe him defirous of laying out his for- 

 tune in agriculture to the beft advantage ; 

 which certainly muft be upon the principles 

 of good, not bad hufbandry. 



The inftance I have given above, is a 

 remarkable one; it muft not be fuppofed 

 that a great many farms of 200 /. a year, are 

 {locked with little more than 400 /. but in- 



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