2 1 8 Of the Management and 



of Lands employs the Poor^ and 'tis general- 

 ly obferv'd, that a Country enclosed, maintains 

 at leaft triple the Number of Inhabitants as 

 a Champion Country, fo great are the Profits 

 attending this Hufbandry. Bcfides thefe Ad- 

 vantages, Enclofures are not fubjed to feveral 

 great Inconveniencies that attend the com- 

 mon Field and open Land 5 for fuch, being 

 fow'd with Corn, are liable to Injuf y by Cat- 

 tle, that ftray out of the adjoining Commons 

 and Highways : The Tenants or Owners of 

 feveral Parts or Portions are bound to keep 

 Time as well in Sowing as Reaping, or let 

 their Parts lye wafte, left the Corn Ihould be 

 fpoird: And when theCorn is juft come up, it 

 receives great Damage, in a wet Spring, by 

 Travellers with their Horfes to avoid a bad 

 Road ^ fome Years ixiany Acres of Ground 

 are loft in a large common Field by this Means, 

 all which are avoided in Enclofures. The 

 fmalier your Enclofures are, the greater is 

 the yearly Value of the Land, and the better 

 Crop of Corn and Grafs, and more flourilh- 

 ing Trees they produce ^ and the larger the 

 Fields or Enclofures are, the more they re- 

 femble the common Fields or Plains, being 

 fubjeft to the like Inconveniencies in fome Pro- 

 portion : And *tis always found, that a Farm 

 divided into many Enclofures, yields a great- 

 er Rent than if the fame were in but few. 

 But too many Hedges and Banks in rich wa- 

 tered Meadows, wafte a great deal of the 

 Land, and by their Shadow Prejudice the 



Grafs, 



