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rather farm in the common ftile for is per 

 cent, than upon new improvements for 20. 

 Such people, it is true, have but little that 

 is rational in them, but we muil addrefs 

 even that little : To thofe who are fenfi- 

 ble that the world is not yet arrived at its 

 higheft perfection in hufbandry, and that 

 practices may be profitable though ne c w^ 

 we may venture to ufe a different language, 

 and calculate lucerne and cabbages, for in- 

 ftance, to yield a more confiderable profit 

 than wheat or turnips. 



But the utility of thefe vegetables, as 

 well as fome others of the fame kind, is by 

 no means ideal ; though not common in 

 every part of England, yet they have been 

 cultivated, and in large too, with great fuc- 

 cefs by many. 



In the next clafs I made, viz. N 5, 

 8, and 3. the more grafs we find in a farm, 

 the more profitable it is ; a new proof how 

 important it is to gentlemen to prefer that 

 to all common hufbandry : the fame obfer- 

 vation is applicable to N 7, and 2. 



In the comparifon between the gentle- 

 man and the farmer, the reader will find 

 C c 4 frefh 



