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In the next place, I mull: take the liberty 

 of addreffing myfelf to thoie gentlemen 

 farmers, that adopt agriculture as an 

 amufement, but cannot afford to make it 

 an expenfive pleafure. It is of much im- 

 portance that fuch gentlemen fhould addi(fx 

 themfelves to the experimental part of agri' 

 culture ; but as fuch pradice is extremely 

 expenfive, when not conduded with great 

 caution; it is highly requifite that they 

 Ihould not be difgufted at the expence, and 

 abandon altogether a plan, which, with 

 better m.anagement, might have been 

 carried on without any fear of fuch diffi- 

 culties. This depends on the manner of 

 their framing and executing trials, and 

 their obferving a due proportion between 

 the extent of their trials and the annual 

 expence they are willing to affign for fuch 

 an ufe. 



None can enter into a courfe of experi- 

 m.ental agriculture, without being folicitous 

 that all his trials fhould be regularly and 

 exadly carried on ; at leaft, that they fhould 

 never receive any fcops for want of money. 

 But thofe gentlemen who fuppofe that a 

 variety of experiments is to be tried v/ith- 



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