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always enough of thefe to be found. But 

 great care muft be taken, not to accept 

 of idle fellows, who have been bred to 

 little trades. Such people are very de- 

 firous of getting into fmall farms, and 

 wanting the judgment, and induftry 

 which the others have, generally ruin 

 themfelves, and bring thefe little places 

 into difrepute. 



The other point is, to contrad: old 

 buildings, in proportion to the fize of 

 the farm ; and when new eredions are 

 made, to build upon a fmall, fuitable 

 fcale ; for too much building augments 

 the expence of repairs confiderably, and 

 does the tenant no real kindnefs. 



I ihall quit this fubjed, with an 

 anxious wifh that the deftrudlive prac- 

 tice of engroffing farms may be carried 

 no farther ; and as the ftab already given 



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