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This profit is beyond doubt an object 

 with many gentlemen : To increafe an in- 

 come 85 /. a year, from the employment of 

 fuch a fum as 660 /. is no trifle to a gentle- 

 man of fmall fortune: It is true, he is 

 under fo many difadvantages in buying and 

 felling ftock, that deductions may be made 

 in the reader's mind, but cannot be by me 

 eftimated ; however they are not one tenth 

 of thofe that mould be made on all arable 

 farms. The difference between them is 

 very great: In cultivating 100 acres of 

 grafs, the trouble and attention are fcarcely 

 to be mentioned, and the profit confider- 

 able; but, upon that quantity of arable 

 land, both are endlefs ; the profit lefs, 

 more hazardous, and open to more deduo 

 tions. Surely this fhould caution gentle- 

 men from having much to do with the 

 plough in common hufbandry. 



Comparifon. L s. d. 



The gentleman's ftock, 659 18 o 



The farmer's, - - 641 no 



Superiority of the latter, . . 1 8 7 o 

 Produce equal. 



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