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occafioned by the fuppofitioii in the eftU 

 mate, of fuch grafs not being proper for 

 fatting beads ; which is a circuinftance more 

 unflivourable to the tenant than the land- 

 lord. However, the improvement of the 

 miiirs is a moft profitable bufinefs, and 

 highly deferves the attention of fuch farmers 

 as have it not in their power to command 

 fuch foils as rank firfl; in this catalogue. 



The next in order, is the improved bog- 

 farm let, which comes pretty much under 

 the fame predicament, in comparifon v/ith 

 itfelf under diiferent management, as the 

 muir one. 



It is obfervable, that both the muir and- 

 bog-farms are more profitable to relet than 

 the dry, fandy, marled common ; and this 

 is owing to the former ones being laid 

 to natural grafs, which, though inferior, 

 perhaps, to fainfoine, yet muft be fuppofed 

 to let much worfe, and the fandy foil relet, 

 w^as not in fainfoine, but in tillage ; there 

 w^ould have been an impropriety in fuppo- 

 fmg the fainfoine let to its value ; becaufe, 

 in fome countries, the common farmers 

 would not hire it at all. 



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