INTRODUCTION. 



X HINKING it neceiTary,for the fatisfaftion 

 of thofe who may perufe the following fheets, 

 to fay fomething of myfelf, and of the means 

 by which I acquired that knowledge of farming 

 in general which is now fubmitted to a candid 

 Public; I fit down to write this Introduction, 

 which contains a concife account of my own 

 life, fo far as refpedb the different occupations 

 of a farmer, and of a breeder of all forts of 

 ftock. 



My father rented a farm called Aby-Grange, 

 fituate near Afford, in the county of Lincoln, 

 which confided of about 400 acres ; a clay foil, 

 much of it very poor land, chiefly ufed for the 

 purpofe of breeding iheep, horfes, beads, pigs, 

 &c. 

 Vol. I. A My 



