THE 



FARMER'S GUIDE 



I N 



HIRING AND STOCKING FARMS. 



CONTAINING 



An Examination of many Subjefts of great Importance 

 both to the common Hufb:indman, i;i hiring a Farm ; 

 and to a Gentleman on taking the Whole or Part of hig 

 Eftate into his own Hands. 



PARTICULARLY, 



The Signs whereby to judge of Land, 

 The Points to be attended to in hiring 



a Farm. 

 The Quantity of Land of every Sort 



proportioned to a given Sum of 



Money. 

 The moft advantageoHS Method of 



difpofing of any Sum from 50 /. to 



aojooo /. in Hufbandry on culti- 

 vated or uncultivated Soils. 



The Means of rendering Agriculture 

 as profitable to Gentlemen, as to 

 common Farmers ; and as benefit 

 cial a Profeflion as any other. 



Hints to thofe Gentlemen who fariq 

 for Pleafure alone, 



ALSO, 



Plans of Farm-yards, and Sedlions of the neceflary Buildings. 



By the AUTHOR of The FARMER'S LETTERS. 

 VOL. n. 



LONDON: 



Pjrinted for W. Strah n ; W. Kicoll, N° ^i. in St. Paul'* 

 Church-yard; B. Collins, at Salifbury j ajid 

 J. Balfour, at Edinburgh. 



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