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ing, that we sometimes see them reject farms 

 which soon after are hired by others, and prove the 

 fortunes of such : they are apt to take one false 

 guide in par-titular the success of the last tenant. 

 If a man makes a good deal of money On a farm, 

 or leaves it for a much larger, numbers will imme- 

 diately apply with eagerness to get it ; but if a 

 tenant or two break, or are poor on a farm, most 

 of the neighbours consider little farther: they at- 

 tribute too much of the ill success to the land, and 

 avoid it, under an idea that, without a fall of rent, 

 no money can be made on it. 



Soil. Let the farmer that is debating whether 

 he should hire a farm that is offered him, examine 

 the soil well, to be able to determine its nature, 

 the stiffness, moisture, exposure, levelness, slope, 

 stoniness; what draining, manuring, fencing, &c. 

 will be wanted : let him see to the roads, distance 

 of market, prices of commodities, labour, &c. ; let 

 him fully acquaint himself with the state of tithes 

 or gathering. He should know the poor-rates, at- 

 tend to the compactness of the fields, and consider 

 well the covenants relative to cropping; for many 

 such are extremely detrimental to a good conduct 

 of the land. 



One general rule in hiring a farm should not be 

 forgotten to fix on good land, and he can scarcely 

 pay too much for it ; but, for poor soils, the least 

 rent is sometimes too high to be consistent with 

 profit. By poor soils, however, are not to be under- 

 stood such as have a command of lasting manures, 

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