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have, in many of thefc farms, feen great vari- 

 ations in thofe of the fame fort, and differing 

 only in fizc. No one can, from this efti- 

 mate, think the improvement of wet, cold, 

 flat loams, an unprofitable bufinefs, as 13 

 per cent, is laying money out at no trifling 

 interefl:. Indeed, my own experience, as 

 ■well as reafoning on the matter, gave me 

 very great reafon to think the improve- 

 ments peculiarly profitable. 



Upon the whole it appears, that a man 

 cannot, in hufl^andry, difpofe of from 2 to 

 3000 /. as in the culture of good found 

 improved clay foils, the profit upon farm- 

 ing them is exceedingly great. 



In the gentleman's fcale of farms, the 

 firft is the 220 acres of clay, cultivated up- 

 on improved principles, totally in cabbages 

 and lucerne. This farm pays 29 /. 1 1 j. 

 per cent, the flock 3567 /. which yields an 

 annual income of 1055 /. a more advanta- 

 geous method of fuch a fum of money can 

 fcarcely be found. This capital, in trade 

 or manufadures, would make no figure : It 

 would be beat down to almoft common in- 

 terefl, by the weight and power of fuperior 

 ftocks ; but it is not fo In agriculture. 



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