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from the plan adopted ; or at least that such plan 

 shall have no tendency to counteract. In regard to 

 house-keeping, the safest way is to assign a staled 

 weekly sum for it, which should on no account be ex- 

 ceeded. An annual one for his own dress and per- 

 sonal expences ; the same for his wife and young chil- 

 dren. And he should, in prudence, keep the whole 

 allotted expence so much within his probable income^ 

 as to possess an accumulating fund for contingencies, 

 children, &c. &c. And if he expects the blessing of 

 the Almighty on his industry, he will not forget the 

 poor in such distribution : I do not mean by rates, 

 but by charity : and this hint demands one observa- 

 tion : a very material evil attending the support of the 

 poor by rates, is the natural tendency they have es- 

 sentially to lessen, if not to cut up chanty by the 

 root ; that they do this in many hearts cannot be 

 doubted ; but it is a horrible, and a national evil. 

 Let our young farmer accustom his mind to very dif- 

 ferent reflections, remembering that what he pays in 

 poor-rates he is forced to pay, and that it is a part of 

 his calculation in stocking his farm : if he expects to 

 prosper (but not from that motive only, or he might 

 as- well close his purse) let him so accustom himself 

 to kind offices and assistance to his poor neighbours, 

 whoever they may work with, as to gain a habit of 

 reaping pleasure from his free benevolence. 



In such calculations as I have hinted at, he may 

 safely estimate his profit at 1O per cent, on his capital : 

 from 400OI. his income derived from his farm ought 

 to be 4001. a year. He should lay up 50l. and as 

 much more as his better interest may permit. To ex- 



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