THE 



FARMER'S GUIDE. 



BOOK II. 



Of the hiring and Jlochng farms In ujicidtl^ 

 'uated countries, 



TH E fubjedt of this book Is peculiar- 

 ly important ; for, beyond all doubt, 

 there are many perfons deterred from un- 

 dertaking fuch improvements, from an ig- 

 norance, or at leaft a want of calculating 

 the expences. All I pretend to offer, in 

 this cafe, is a feries of eftimates, fo varied 

 as to come near the truth in moft unculti- 

 vated countries in this king;dom. It is 

 impoffible to be exact to fads. Minute 

 variations in fuch a plan are impoffible to 

 be prevented, and not of bad confequence 

 in many foils. I have already remarked, 

 that calculations, numerous enough to com- 

 prehend all cafes, would require an hun- 

 dred thoufand folios, at leaft, to contain 

 them. 



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