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fhould apprehend, to engage many to 

 undertake the improvement of this kind of 

 foil. The faperiority of this management 

 to keeping it in tillage contains a leflbn of 

 no flight importance to thofe who are fo 

 infatuated in favour of the plough, as to 

 truft almoft to that alone for the raifing 

 their fortunes. In this farm, the chances, 

 incidents, contingencies of all kinds, are 

 much more favourable than with a tillage 

 farm. Thcfe fandy foils yield fine crops in, 

 wet years ; but two or three dry ones are 

 enough to break their occupiers, if not very 

 rich. Now, with fainfoine, the cafe is very 

 different ; for that rooting remarkably deep, 

 is fcarcely afredted by the weather, but 

 gives as fine crops when common graffes 

 are burnt up, as in the wetteft of years ; 

 nor is there a foil in England fo very fandy 

 as not to be capable of producing this mod: 

 beneficial crop. 



The third, in the farmer's lift, is the 

 muir-farm, let after improvement. The 

 fuperiority of the fandy commons to the 

 muirs is owing to the expenccs of improve -r 

 ment running higher, and the latter being 

 more profitable to let than to occupy, is 



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