APPENDIX. 257 



The little farmers, having but fmall capitals 

 to begin farming, muft be content with fmall 

 farms j and it is of great coniequence to them, 

 to obtain inch as do not require much money 

 to ftock them. In this refpect the New Huf- 

 bandry is peculiarly fuitable to them, as that 

 requires much lefs flock than the common 

 huibandry, which, for a farm of fifty pounds 

 a year, may require four or five horfes to cul- 

 tivate it. Thefe are a heavy expence upon therrij 

 horfes being very expenfive to keep : for which 

 reafon many of them find it neceflary to em- 

 ploy their horfes in carrying timber, flone, or 

 other articles, for hire, and to bring dung or 

 other manure for their land, though feveral 

 miles diftant, which employs themfelves and 

 horfes a confiderable part of their time : and 

 the article of manure in particular is fo in- 

 difpenfably neceflary, that, without a large 

 quantity of it, many fuppofe that no fuccefs 

 can be expected in farming, and to procure 

 enough of it becomes a heavy expence upon 

 the poor farmers in particular. This is a 

 matter of great importance, as the little far- 

 mers are extremely ufeful to the community 

 in many refpecls ; and a method of culture, 

 that will be greatly afilfting to them, is on 

 that account particularly valuable. 



It may feem inci edible to many, that the 



New Hufbandry can be carried on at a lefs 



expence than the Old. The nectffiry of fb 



much hoeing, of men and cattle often in the 



S field 



