54 RURAL ECONOMY, 



Landed possessions, in a ftate of ac« 

 cumulation, become too extenfive to be 

 profitably occupied by individual pof- 

 feflbrs ; who, therefore, parcel out their 

 refpe(flive lands, among a plurality of oc- 

 cupiers, to whom a fpecies of temporary 

 poiTellion is given, and they, in return, 

 give a Riitable conlideration for fuch tem- 

 porary occupancy, 



But before a landed estate can be 

 difpofed of, in this manner, with due pro- 

 priety, it is necefTary to affign the lands it 

 contains to their proper ufes : as to fepa- 

 rate thofe which produce, and are fit for 

 producing woody from thofe which are 

 adapted to the purpofes of Agriculture y 

 and, this done, to feparate the latter into 

 fuitable parcels, or farms ; agreeably to 

 their refpecftive foils and fituations. The 

 farms thus laid out require buildings ^fences^ 

 roads, &c. &c. fuitably adapted to each. 

 Thefe arrangements and operations, added 

 to the appreciation of the feveral parcels, 

 the choice pf proper perfons to occupy 

 them, the regulations and reilridiions 

 jieceilary to be underilood by the parties, 



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