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gle(fl every improvement upon thirty or 

 forty acres of pafture-land, merely for 

 the fake of its producing him alder poles 

 for his plantation : which pafture-land 

 might often be doubled in value, if the 

 alder-ftools w^ere extirpated, and the 

 land properly drained. Farmers fhould 

 therefore be checked, when they aim at 

 raifing too great a proportion of hops, 

 not only for the reafons beforemen- 

 tioned, but becaufe the article is preca- 

 rious in its nature 5 and when a failure 

 happens, they are unable to difcharge 

 their rent. The regular produce of a farm 

 brings more certain profits. In fhort, 

 the bufinefs of cultivating hops and 

 farming is incompatible, each requiring 

 conftant attention. 





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