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throughout winter, which is the proper 

 feafoii for executing them. 



Every fpecies of improvement cannot 

 be wanting upon one tracl of land j but it 

 fliould in general be obferved, that the 

 winter, when labourers are to be had in 

 the greateil: plenty, is the moft proper fea- 

 fon for all works of improvment except 

 mafonry : digging and carting marie, &c. 

 will do exceedingly well in fummer — but 

 the fame in winter. 



If labourers are not to be had in fuffi- 

 cient plenty — which is not probable, when 

 they earn fomething more then the ftan- 

 dard of the country, then the works mull 

 be divided — ditching and Lncing in win- 

 ter, and the other bufinefs in fummer ; but 

 it is advifeable to raife the prices of all forts 

 per perch, fo high as to infure the requifite 

 number in winter j for if that feafon is 

 omitted, much higher pricc^ will be ne- 

 ceflary in fummer, who" work in general 

 is fo much more plentiful. 



Thus far we find, that allthefe branches 

 of improvement may be carried on and 

 completed, without the gentleman buying 

 one horfc or hiring a fmgle labourer by 

 the day : this in many countries would be 



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