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FARMERS. 



FROM WHAT has been fald in the lart: 

 fedtion on Farms, a general idea of the 

 Farmers of the Vale may be gathered. 



Among the lower clafs of tenants little in- 

 formation can be expefted, and Hill lefs 

 from the inferior yeomanry^ whofe fcanty pof- 

 feffions are too frequently marked vyith an in- 

 feriority of management. 



It is from the fuperior clafs of yeomanry, 

 and from fome few principal tenants, we mud 

 expedtto learn the belt pradice of the coun- 

 try. Ic is on the farms of men whofe indepen- 

 dency, converfation, and perhaps reading, has 

 led them to think and a6: without prejudice, 

 v/e muft expedto find a fuperiority of general 

 management, and a fpirit of improvement 



prevail. 



It has long been obferved in the economy 

 of nations, that where liberty is eflablifhed 



Vol. I. S there 



