{ 1^4 ) 



be cheaper performed, the flirm will turn 



out proportionably more beneficial. 



N^ II. 



Variation the tenth. 



Cne hundred and ff teen acres arable ; a poory 



cold^ fat, zvet, Ioa?ny foiU tried for 



impro'vement. 



This being the firft farm which I have 

 come to for improYcment, a few introduc- 

 tory remarks are ncceflary. 



It is by no means agreed among farmers, 

 which is the mod profitable way of ex- 

 pending their money, in hiring a farm that 

 is already improved, or in good condition, 

 or one that has been much neglected. 

 Opinions on this point are various : It is 

 very difficult, if not impofilble, for one 

 man, from his own experience, to decide 

 in fucli a point ; calculations can alone 

 enable us to form even a diftant idea of 

 the fubjed in any of its numerous varia- 

 tions. It is true, the data on which 

 fuch calculations are founded, may be li- 

 able to errors; but if they are conceived 

 wiih a tolerable general knowledge, they 

 muH: infallibly give birth to conclufions 

 much more uicful, and nearer the truth, 



than 



