STOCKING FA1; 



ford to TW- in these three spr rent. Dcdft 



further- the tithe and rates, and tlu uler is what 



lie < y to the landlord. It" rent be'fea* 



hieci in and 



deceitfully done, and no dependence can be pUicdd 

 on ir. 



.'OCKING FARMS. 



.efit to be derived from tlie occupation of 

 Ian-: is so much 0*1 the farmer commanding 



the requisite capital, that it is extremely necessary 



the young* beginner to be well advised on this 

 essential point. If he is fixed in business by some 

 experienced relation, he will not want the proper in- 

 strue.lion ; but as many adventurers (as they may be 

 called) are every day making -efforts to'try their for^ 

 tune in the culture of the earth, and many gentlemen 

 taking farms into thoir 'hands, sometimes without 

 due consideration of the necessary expences, it is 

 proper to minute a few observations on the subjedl.V 



', the sum that \va> usually 



propriatcd to stocking a&Irm, varied from 3l. to ol. an 

 acre; and it was a general idea, that the latter sum 

 \vas sirfiicient ft part g;- 



of IK) uncomn ility. Rich marshes were, of 



con. -hided in iculation ; and light flock- 



farms were often n- 3l. per acre. But theed 



matters are now greatly changed ; rents are much 

 increased; tit.hf Bounded at a higher .pay - 



-:oor-ra: risen ; all sorts of 



implements comprehended in the article wear mid 



. are thirty or forty per cent, dearer; labour is 

 in mar; - ts doubled ; the prices of cattle and 



i i sheep 



