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hedges confifted of nuNtrees, the nuts might 

 be fold for a like fum. Nut-trees are cafily 

 raifed from cuttings, and they would form a 

 ftrong, beautiful and durable fence. 



The fize of farms having of late confidera- 

 bly attraded the attention of the public ; it 

 may be ufeful to enquire whether large farms 

 or fmall ones are the mod ufeful to the com- 

 munity at large. And here we mud not con- 

 fine our views to the prefent (late of agricul- 

 ture. The greater the number of people 

 employed in cultivating the foil ( if their la- 

 bour be fufficiently recompenfed ), and the 

 greater the produce from each acre, the better. 

 Abundant crops are chiefly owing to the 

 induftry and ingenuity of man. It is of no 

 importance to the landlord whether the farms 

 be large or fmall, if they be equally well cul- 

 tivated, and his rent regularly paid. But the 

 too prevalent practice of letting only large 

 farms conliderably affedls the welfare of the 

 public and of individuals; as it often extin- 

 guilhes emulation, induftry and habits of econo- 

 my among the labourers in hufbandry, and 

 prevents many a man of fmall property from 



becoming 



