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LETTER VIII. 



nPHE next bufinefs in the improvement 

 on winch I fhall trouble 3^ou, is the 

 proportioning the grafs and arable land 

 in the farms. This is a point of very 

 great importance, and one which will repay- 

 all your expence and attention in the moll 

 ample manner. 



I fiioLild remark, that alterations or im- 

 provements of this nature in many cafes, 

 require the landlord's taking the farm into 



his own hands for a year or a year 



and a half 3 but when tenants will execute 

 orders exa6lly, for which they are paid, 

 this precaution will not be necefTary. 



It is impoliible to give a general rule for 

 fixing thefe proportions : the circumftances 

 of the country, with the rent that is gained 

 for grafs land, mufl: be the landlord's guide 

 in this point. However, in nine-tenths of 

 Britain, the grafs land of every farm is 

 rated much higher than the arable, and 

 pays the landlord much better. In very 



many 



