3O arable acres will come into the account.- 

 Were I fcrupuloufly to adhere to the terms of 

 my enquiry, I mould rejecl: all affiftance ; 

 but thefe meets are drawn up for ufe, not 

 curiofity. It might be an entertaining dif- 

 quifition, to fearch for the minutely accu- 

 rate proportions of one pair of hands, but 

 it never would be profitable in practice 

 to adhere to fuch accuracy : There are 

 many times in the year, when it is much 

 more beneficial, even for a very little far- 

 mer, to hire affiftance than to do all his 

 work himfelf. I mall therefore, in this 

 inquiry, adhere, not to terms, but to a 

 practical utility : I fuppofe the farmer him- 

 felf to perform the bulk of his work, fuch 

 as ploughing, thraming, hand -hoeing, 

 feeding of cattle, &c. It belongs to 

 a future chapter, to difcover the moft pro- 

 fitable farm that can be hired by a 

 man, who will always keep himfelf em- 

 ployed on that work which moft requires 

 him. 



The two kinds of arable farms hitherto 

 chiefly confidered, are the clay, and the 

 foil light enough for turnips. In the firft, 

 the fallow is beans, in rows on 3 plough- 

 ings, 



