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then "he is equally fo in grafs farms, which 

 every one who occupies, whether gentle- 

 men or farmers, find fo greatly profitable : 

 In one word, I cannot but recommend the 

 cabbage and lucerne farm to a gentleman, 

 preferably to any of the reft. 



The next profitable farm to a gentleman 

 is that which is all grafs : m thefe he nearly 

 equals the farmer in thofe ^oints not re- 

 ducible to calculation, as well as in fuch as 

 are to be eftimated. No gentleman, if he 

 is in hefitation whether to farm or let it 

 alone, need to fear a grafs one ; he cannot 

 (I might almoft fay) lofe by it,* but he may 

 make very confiderable profit. I know not 

 by what means or in what fund he will be 

 able to make 1 7 per cent, of his money ; 

 and at the fame time, build only upon 

 common foundations, following a profeffion 

 which is .known to be profitable ; and de- 

 pending upon no novelties ; I think he may 

 be contented, and truft to agriculture as 

 fecurely as fo many do to commerce, for 

 much lefs but more hazardous profits. 



I here addrefs myfelf to fuch men as re- 

 ject the idea of purfuing any thing out of 

 the common road j who would much 



rathe? 



