laft rent, or any but fuch as it would ab- 

 folutely bring between men of fenfe and 

 underftanding. I have heard of many 

 boafts of profit, when the rent allowed for 

 the land is not above two thirds, perhaps, 

 of what a neighbouring farmer would give 

 for it. 



But, whatever the motive may be for a 

 gentleman's farming, it is certain that a 

 diftinction muft be made between their 

 profit and that of common farmers ; and 

 this for divers reafons. 



In fmall farms we find the profit de- 

 cided by the labour of the farmer ; and no 

 wonder, fmce 25 /. a year is the intereft of 

 500 /. fo that a farmer may eafily beat a 

 gentleman on a fmall farm ace and deuce, as 

 the value of his labour may be more than 

 the whole fum employed by the gentleman. 

 And we mould remember, that there are 

 few little farmers but what work more or 

 lefs themfelves. In the preceding calcu- 

 lations, if the reader turns to any of the 

 arable farms, and deduds from the profit 

 the value of a man's labour, he will find 

 but a fcanty remainder ; in many of them, 

 none at all. 



Now 



