7 enure, whether in Property or on Lease. 4if 



ral, abundantly obvious. The scheme of culture which a 

 gentleman may pursue in his park, or on lands near his seat 

 of residence, is generally very different from that which 

 a husbandman should adopt in his fields. The principle of 

 the former is taste, that of the latter, thrifty management, 

 or economy ; the characteristic of the former is ornament^ 

 that of the latter, utility t and the object of the former is 

 pleasure, that of the latter, profit. When the latter object is 

 pursued on an extensive scale, it becomes a serious em- 

 ployment, requiring constant and unremitting attention ( Itf5 ). 



3. Though the owners of estates, who cultivate their own 

 lands, for arable crops, sometimes exhibit a degree of spirit 

 and application productive of the most beneficial results, yet 

 their profit, generally speaking, is much less than if the same 

 land were occupied by a farmer. Proprietors rarely attend 

 to all those minutiae which a corn farmer must not neglect. 

 Neither do they regularly oversee their servants, examine 

 the state of their working cattle, attend fairs and markets, 

 nor personally superintend the progress of all their farming 

 operations. These duties, therefore, are commonly en- 

 trusted to a bailiff, who is seldom sufficiently qualified for 

 them all, and scarcely ever possesses so much attention and 

 frugality, as a prudent and well-informed farmer, whose per- 

 sonal interest is at stake, and who himself manages all his 

 transactions. Though a landed proprietor, therefore, may 

 have acquired sufficient practical knowledge of husbandry, to 

 superintend the management of a farm ; yet his other pur- 

 suits preclude him from paying such attention to those infe- 

 rior objects, without which, it is impossible that he should 

 farm to advantage, upon a great scale. Hence a species of 

 farming arises, which is justly denominated profuse agricullute, 

 founded on unlimited expense in tillage and manuring ; 

 by which, perhaps, double crops are obtained, but are rai- 

 sed at triple cost. Thus, with delusive hopes of profit, 

 many are betrayed into real, though unexpected losses. It 

 is well known indeed, that gentlemen cultivators, after ha- 

 ving pursued the profession of husbandry for some years, 

 with much ardour, have frequently relinquished it with cha- 

 grin ( l66 .) Where their farming, however, is carried on with 

 economy, and in moderation, it is of much use, as it keeps up 

 a spirit of experiment in cultivation, and in particular, tends 

 to promote the improvement of stock ( l67 ). i tui: 



4. It is next proper to observe, that since the attention of 

 the public has been so much directed to agricultural pur- 



