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occupation of proprietors, or their tenants : 

 a fubjeft, v/hich, viewed in all its bran- 

 ches, and to their fulleft extent, is not 

 only the mofi: important, and the moft 

 difficult, in Rural Economics, but in the 

 circle of human Arts and Sciences. 



From this analyfis it appears, that 

 JkuRAL Economy comprizes three fepa- 

 rable fubjecfts ; namely, 



Firfl, Tenanted eftates, and their ma- 

 nagement. 



Second, The produdlion and manage- 

 ment of woodlands. 



Third, Agriculture, or the management 

 of farmlands. 



Neverthelefs, viewed in the fynthefis, 

 they form a diftindt branch of knowledge, 

 with which it is incumbent on every man 

 whofe fortune is vefted in landed property, 

 to be familiarly converfant. 



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