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in a hurry for a few weeks, and then very 

 few ; then again a great number, and after- 

 wards none at all. It Is a very great diffi- 

 culty to procure men for the proper con- 

 dudl of experiments, if that part of the 

 farm under common management is not 

 confiderable enough to keep a great num- 

 ber of hands in conftant pay. 



The confequence of being pinched for 

 want of men, while experiments are carrying 

 on, is worfe than may at firft be imagined. 

 If the weeds rife in a field, and are not 

 vigoroufly attacked dlredly, they inevi- 

 tably get fuch a head, that not only that 

 crop is much infefted with them, but others 

 are certainly neglected to regain the loft 

 time. — The whole fyftem falls Into confu- 

 fion ; and the expence of a faulty condudt 

 is much greater in the end, than a perfect 

 one would have been from the beginning. 

 — But how are thefe errors to be prevented, 

 if a fet of men is not always in readinefs to 

 turn, at the word of command, to any 

 work of this kind that requires them ? 



The great point of this management is, 

 therefore, plainly confining the experi- 

 ments to fuch bounds as to remain at all 

 times abfolutely under command. By 



fuch 



