As far as the variety extends, which is 

 included in this tour, thefe tables will, 

 I flatter myfelf, appear very conclufive ; 

 they prove clearly, that farms of more 

 than four hundred acres, of the nature 

 of thofe which come into this account, are 

 highly difadvantageous in the article of 

 profitable cattle (draught cattle deducted) 

 exclufive of fheep. Alfo, that farms to 

 two hundred acres are not near fo ad- 

 vantageous as thofe from two hundred 

 to four hundred j that others to only an 

 hundred, are yet lefs beneficial ; and the 

 degrees of fuperiority are confiderable. 

 If the average of averages be not taken 

 as a guide, but the table itfelf is recur- 

 red to -, the farms from three hundred to 

 four hundred acres are more than doubly 

 beneficial to any of the others ; and three 

 times over more fo, than thofe to an hun- 

 dred acres. All which proportions are ex- 

 tremely decilive. 



Something, however, mud be remark- 

 ed on the great inferiority of the large 

 farms. I mould obferve, that the county 



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