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of houfe-keeping : It was certainly proper 

 to charge that tp the farmer ; but it would 

 be as improper to charge it to the gentle- 

 manV whofe farm I Aippofe totally, uncon- 

 nected with hi$ hotife : but this is a no-W- 

 ad vantage in favour of the farmer, for with 

 fhe afliftance of the farm before uVand the 

 fum of 10 /. with, what his family may 

 earn, he and th^y are all maintained :* 

 fuclvan feftimate would be wide-of the truth 

 with a gentleman, but then the omiffion 

 )f t&e 10 /. in his account, forms fo mikch 

 a~greater balance to the farmer. This cafe 

 is a difficulty, and an unavoidable one, in 

 thefe eflimates. 



If we fuppbfe the gentleman's houfe- 

 keeping to receive fbrne advantages from 

 the farm; yet thofe of the fanner will be 

 proportionally larger, beficics the 10 /. 



To pafs over the difference of this 10 /. 

 would be to al!d\V a palpable error to run 

 through feveral of the fucceedin accounts. 

 The way in v^h 1 ! I think it may be bed 

 remedied, wilt be to ihte both the farmer's 

 and gentleman's account ; the one with 

 Fuch an allowance, the other without it ; 

 but, in the CQ:n^rlJbn^ to dedutfrthe fum al- 

 lowed 



