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and alfo fuch eftimates as are peculiar to 

 the latter. 



In the execution of this defign, I fhall 

 take no notice of farming for mere conve- 

 nience, pleafure, or curiofity; however 

 entertaining, or even ufeful fuch prac- 

 tices may be, there are no permanent con- 

 clufions to be drawn from eftimates and 

 calculations of matters guided by fancy and 

 caprice. I fhall hereafter confider the point 

 of experimental farms. 



But the chief purport of this chapter is, 

 to give my reafons for making any diftinc- 

 tion at all between gentlemen and common 

 farmers, in hufbandry, for profit. 



It is my aim, in thefe fheets, to ftate 

 all circumftances as near to the truth as 

 poflible. I have, in the preceding chapters, 

 made a multitude of variations not only 

 according to the foil and number of acres^ 

 but to the wealth and fubftance of the far- 

 mer; becaufe fuch caufes are attended in 

 the general with correfponding effects ; and, 

 to carry on a calculation upon the fame 

 principles, for a poor as a rich man, would 

 be evidently abfurd. I have, in every article, 

 Sketched the profit which fuch a farmer as 

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