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hunt after cheapnefs, and the pra6licc 

 of thofe fuccedaneums of fpiiited conduct 

 which form the management of men who 

 have no money in their pockets 5 but to 

 expend whatever fums good intereft can 

 be got for: befides, thatch is vile oeco- 



nomy it is faving a fhiUing to-day to 



fpend half a crown next week after it : on 

 many accounts, one object in all farm- 

 houfes, barns, (tables, &c, is to fubftitute 

 tile or flate in the room of thatch. 



That all the timbers, walls, pavements, 

 chimnies, floors, windows, ^f. be put 

 into perfect repair. 



That the refpeclive conveniences of 

 dairy, fcalding-houfe, brew-houfe, pumps, 

 &c, be made perfe6tly complete. 



In cafe the arrangement of the lands re- 

 quires new houfes to be ere6ted, then it is 

 a matter of much importance that the 

 difpofition of all the parts of fuch new 

 houfes be as well contrived as pofFible, that 

 a given fum of money may purchafe as many 

 conveniences as pofTible, and that every part 

 of the building be proportioned to the 

 farm. The dcfigns of farm-houfes which 

 I have feen publiihcd are very faulty ; not 

 one in ten difplay the leaft acquaintance 

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