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 on the money laid out. But there are two 

 things more to be taken into the account ; 

 one is that' where a large incloiure takes 

 place, the fide of one clofe is a fence for 

 the adjoining one, which reduces the ex- 

 pence half; the other, that a border of 

 wood makes the double fence neceflary; 

 and Vv^e have feen that this amply repays 

 the planter,- at the end of 30 years. It is 

 evident then, that the high wolds may, by 

 inclofure, by the help of the fheep-fold, by 

 cultivation, and a proper choice of grafies, 

 be advanced 8 s. per acre, and that the 

 capital employed v/ill pay an interefl: of 

 eight per cent. This has been done. The 

 300 acres were as bed as any in the lord- 

 fhip, and the fatme improvement may 

 equally extend to 5000 acres. But as fo 

 large a fupply of grafs and hay ferves only 

 for the fupport of cattle, and as a country 

 lliould be peopled as well as ftocked, I ihall 

 make a calculation of what corn this land 

 may produce, w^hat number of inhabitants 

 it may fupport, and what herds and flocks 

 it may maintain. For this purpofe, farm 

 houfes muft be built, and a proper quantity 

 of tillage, meadow, and pafture allotted to 

 each farm : We have feen what hay the 

 land will produce, and I find by experience, 

 that the fame land in corn yields, after 

 being well manured, three quarters of bar- 

 ley, and two quarters of wheat per acre. 



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