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ships demand trade on speculation to be fully em- 

 ployed : buying coals and corn, &c. if npon com- 

 mission, may be safe, but the business may easily 

 become a state of temptation and great hazard, in 

 which a certain portion of keenness and ability 

 may succeed : but the practice is not to be recom- 

 mended. 



GENTLEMEN'S FARMING. 

 A slight observation should here be made on one 

 particular scale of business, adapted to a country 

 gentleman with a small income, who wishes to oc- 

 cupy a farm for mere convenience. In such a case, 

 what should be the scale of it ? I will suppose, in 

 order to give some answer to this question, that he 

 would keep three horses, two for the chaise and 

 one for the saddle ; three or four cows, with a few 

 sheep, pigs and poultry: the two coach-horses to 

 do the work of the farm. This system would 

 arrange well with 4O acres arable and 2O of grass; 

 and if he has five acres for a season, he roust have 

 a course of eight years. For instance : 3 . Tur- 

 nips or cabbages; 2. Oats; 3. Clover; 4. Beans ; 

 o. Wheat; 6. Carrots and potatoes; 7. Winter- 

 tares and buck- wheat; 8. Wheat. And the days' 

 \vork in tillage would be: in January, none. In 

 February, scarifying, harrowing, and drilling beans, 

 four days. In March, scarifying, harrowing, and 

 drilling oats ; and ploughing for carrots and pota- 

 toes, 18 days. In April, ploughing for turnips, 

 five days. la May, ditto, five days. In June, 

 M m 3 ditto A 



