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gether, the buildings ere6led at -f-, and the 

 fields thrown into the divifions marked by 

 dotted lines ; which would render them of 

 a fize proportioned to that of the farm. 



This point of laying the land as com- 

 pact as pofTible, fliould never be negle6led : 

 it is a matter of great importance j info- 

 much that this fingle circumflance would 

 in many farms raife the rent not lefs than 

 from IS. 6d. to 3 s. an acre, and in fome 

 cafes even more. 



Refpe61ing the fize of the farms, the im- 

 prover (liould be guided by the demand for 

 farms. In fome countries very fmall farms 

 let at fuch great rates, that the fuperiority 

 of rent would much more than balance the 



article of repairs : In fuch countries a 



good number of fmall farms, from 30 to 

 50 acres each, fhould be formed. In many 

 places, the middling-fized farms, from 200 

 to 500 acres, are much the mod readily 

 let, and at the beft rents. In others again, 

 the largetl: of farms Iring as high a rent 

 for the land as the fm ailed. Whatever the 

 country has brought the mofl into recjueft, 

 iliould be the aim in the new arrangement 

 of an eftate. It fhould, however, in gene- 

 ral be regarded as a maxim, that the larger 



the 



