( '76 ) 



acre lefs when in farms of 50 acres, than in 

 thofe of 36. It is an undoubted truth, 

 that, in rich countries, the lefs a farm is, 

 the better the land lets : This abatement of 

 I s. may not beprecifely exact, but I believe 

 it is near the proportion, as the difference 

 between 50 and 36 acres is not great. 



Implements. 



Some of thefe articles I increafe in price 

 fomething in proportion to the work they 

 muft perform, and add principally to fuch 

 as beft admits it from the lownefs of the 

 preceding rates. The fame obfervation is 

 applicable to the article Lvueflock^ and par- 

 ticularly in the increafed price of the horfes. 



Seed and tillage. 



Under this head is fpecified the divifiort 

 of the land into wheat, fpring-corn, and 

 clover ; when a tenant takes a new farm, 

 he muft not expect to find it thrown into fo 

 beneficial a courfe as he will afterwards do 

 himfclf : This year a fourth is fallow, but 

 it will afterwards be a fallow crop, that is 

 beans in drills. 



Labour, 



