ploughing for any neighbouring gentleman 

 or farmer that will employ him ; if he 

 and his team can earn 4 or 5 s. a day, now 

 and then, it will be an advantage; but fuch 

 as he could never gain with 50 s. horfes. 



Four cows to 8 acres of land (with 2 

 horfes) is a large allowance, but he muft 

 have a good ftock, or he can never live at 

 all j befides, he may feed his horfes in a 

 good meafure with an acre or two of clover, 

 which he may eafily manage in a year or 

 two. 



Seed and tillage. 



In this farm, and all the fucceeding ones, 

 I fuppofe the farm entered at Ladyday^ 

 and the preceding tenant paid for both the 

 Michaelmas and fpring crops : and this me- 

 thod I chufe preferably to any other be- 

 caufe it will anfwer the entering both at 

 Ladyday and Michaelmas. If it is the 

 latter, the expences are, perhaps, the fame, 

 only paid in horfe keeping, inftead of per 

 acre to the farmer. 



This little farmer's yearly account will 

 Hand thus : 



