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at any age, and as they are well fenced in, 

 are fecured from all injuries ; which, when 

 fingly clone, is an endlefs and a moft ex- 



penfive bufinefs. -This way of planting 



cannot, upon the whole, be too much re- 

 commended, as it is attended with nume- 

 rous and great advantages, and quite free 

 from the objedlions which lie againft all 

 other methods. 



Or>e flight contrivance in mechanics, this 

 gentleman has found of fingular ufe. it is 

 the eredion of a large blackfmith's hammer, 

 to be worked by his foot, while he ufes the 

 fmall one in his hand. It would be of ex- 

 cellent fervice to all country fmiths. See 

 plate III. fig. 3. 



I cannot conclude this regifler of Mr. 

 prowess hufbandry without remarking, that 

 his neighbourhood in particular, and the 

 public in general, are highly obliged to him 

 for the fpirit with which he has condud:ed 

 fo many inquiries in hufbandry. It is an 

 employment truly worthy of a country 

 gentleman of fortune; who, without being 

 folicltous about profit, commands it in a 

 high degree ; and lays a foundation in his 

 difcoveries for the abfblute fupport of thou- 

 fands *, 



* I mufl not quit Kipfin, without obferving 

 {hat Mr. Crowe has a colleftion o^ piftures, 

 which, though r.ot fo generally known as many 



others. 



