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pying fo thoroughly fenced a farm of xSm 

 mod important kind. 



As to the means of executing this falu- 

 tary meafure j the improver mufi: begin the 

 work with great vigour, becaufe it is abfo- 

 lutely neceiTary, that all of it be finifhed in 

 the winter. The hedging and ditching 

 mull be put out by the perch to labourers > . 

 in the choice of whom, one circumftance 

 is material, that fome of them underftand 

 the plafliing a hedge ; if none fuch are to 

 be found in the neighbcuriioc^d, I would 

 by all means recommend to the gentleman 

 to fend to Hertfordfiire^ &c. for a few to 

 mix with the reft, that they might do the 

 plafliing part, and at the fame time teach 

 the reii of ihem that method to pra6life in 

 future. The difficulty of fuch a matter 

 would be trifling : were I to undertake the 

 improvement of an eftate, I fhould cer- 

 tainly determine to overcome any fuch 

 trifling obftacles. The ditch fliould be 

 worked by a frame j a metiiod which keeps 

 the men to their bargam, and iaves abun- 

 dance of trouble. 



In repairing the fences of a whole farm 

 at once, fome hedges would certainly be 

 met y^'ith that would not yicla a fuliiciency 



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