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mofl advantageous, becaufe there is ndt 

 conftant work for the cattle ; and though 

 we have fetdown 50 days hire of the team, 

 at 5 s, per day, ilill the want of full employ <- 

 ment muft be attended with lofs: Never- 

 thel efs, though I eftimate the rent of the 

 land pretty high, and the produce lower 

 than I have aftually found it to be, we fee 

 that the land yields more than three rents, 

 and that it fupports feven perfons ; and on 

 2l fuppofition that each of thefe confunies a 

 quarter of corn in a year, viz, 4 buih. of 

 wheat, and 4 bufh. of barley, there remains 

 38 quarters to carry to market, beiidcs other 

 advantages of the ftock, as pigs, calves, 

 poultry, eggs, &c. Now if 70 acres main- 

 tain feven perfons, are advanced to 35/, a 

 year, and fend 38 quarters of corn to 

 market, befides what the family confumes, 

 with live ftock in proportion ; 5000 acres 

 will fupport 500 inhabitants, and will let 

 for 2500/. a year, and will furnifh the 

 markets with above 2700 quarters of corn, 

 if the larger portion of land be laid out in 

 the fame manner as we have fuppofed the 

 fmaller to be. A farm houfe, with fuitable 

 out-buildings, will coft in this neighbour- 

 hood 150/. proper for the above farm, and 

 the inclofure 150/. As to the proportion of 

 tillage tografs, and the mode of cultivation, 

 it is merely ideal : There is infinite variety 

 in the fucceihon of crops, and a difcreet 



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