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ber of acres were let at i/. 8/. per acre, there 

 would be an advance of 13J. per acre, which 

 would raife the fum of 7800/. for the tenants to 

 pay in fix years* That fum deducted from 

 29,625/* will leave them a profit of 21,825/. 

 Thefe calculations may ftagger the reader; 

 but they are founded on fads. By a proper 

 rotation of crops, the above profits would arife 

 to landlord and tenant, even without the ad- 

 vantage of green fodder in fummer. 



By a judicious management the farmers in 

 Eaft Lothian are enabled to pay 3/. and 4/. per 

 acre. If a man who lives by gardening, were 

 to dig his land one year in three, and in the 

 third year raife no crop, he would be confider- 

 ed as a madman* But the two crops and a fal- 

 low are dill worfe ; as it robs the land of one 

 third of its manure. This may be called open- 

 ing the eyes of the landlord : but it is like wife 

 greatly to the tenant's advantage. 



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