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The advocates for small farms will con- 

 ceive that a Diftrifl thus laid out muft necel- 

 farily excel in hulbandry ; and that the fu- 

 periorit}' of management mull of courfe be 

 in proportion to their degree of fmallnels. 



On the contrary, however, no country per- 

 haps affords flrongcr evidence of the tallacy 

 of thofe conceptions. A mixture of good and 

 bad management is evident in every quarter 

 of it; and it is on the larger, nol on the 

 /mailer farms, we find a spirit of improve* 

 memt, and a superiority of management 

 prevail. 



Poverty and ignorance are the ordinary in- 

 habitants of fmall farms : even the fmaller 

 eflates of the yeomanry are notorious for bad 

 management. 



It is on the larger efcates of yeomanry, and 

 on the larger farms of tenants, we muft look 

 for the befl practice of the Diftricl. 



It is not meant that a regular gradation of 

 management can be traced by the magnitude 

 of farms : many exceptions might be pointed 

 out. Nor does it foUo'^ from the evidence 

 of this Diftridl that very large farms are con- 

 ducive to good management. An occupier 



of 



