I 



5 



( 404 ) 



Progrejfion of the gentleman s farms in order 



of profit. 



- >C-i^ o o 



i^ 16 o 



10 5 o 



10 I a 



7 12 o 



Upon thefe tables it is, in general, to be 

 remarked, that the fandy foil under fain- 

 foine is mofl: profitable both to the gentle- 

 man and farmer ; and not to be wondered 

 at ; for fuch a farm can, in no fituation, 

 fail of being highly advantageous. The 

 gentleman's profit is not very far fliort of 

 the farmer's ; nor has he, in fuch an one, 

 the evils to labour under which he muft 

 ever fuff'cr in a tillage one. It is of very 

 great importance to every one who culti- 

 vates thefe foils, to know, that the fuperior 

 management of them is the hufbandry of 

 fainfoine : indeed, the vifible fuperiority in 

 the calculation is only i /. is. per cent. ; 

 butitwall eafily be believed, that, in a longer 

 courfe of years, the difference will be much 

 greater ; for the certainty of the profit by 

 fainfoine is undoubtedly much greater in 

 thefe foils, than that by corn, which, in 



dry 



