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brought into moft complete repair; thofe 

 which were thatched are covered with rile, 

 and every circumftance obferved to render 

 them ufeful and durable j many new ones 

 ere6led in a complete manner j and the 

 unufual attention of forming the mofl 

 convenient farm yards to each farm, exe- 

 cuted with fpirit. Thirdly, the fences are 

 brought into fuch repair as not to be 

 ksn in one farm in five thoufandj excel- 

 lent hedges every where made : gates and 

 pofrs new, and weak places and deep 

 ditches to drain the fields, as well as to ren- 

 der the hedges impenetrable ; a work which 

 takes a great annual expence from the 

 »ew tenant. Fourthly, all the wet lands 

 drained in the mofl complete manner; an 

 improvement which is every where known 

 to change the nature of thefe foils, and in 

 numerous inflancps alone fufticicnt to con- 

 vert bad into good land. Fifthly, the 

 grafs fields are all cleared from all buflies, 

 rubbifh and mole-hills that may have in- 

 fefled them. Sixthly, roads made in a 

 firm and lafling manner, which is alone a 

 confiderable annual faving to a tenant. 

 Seventhly, ponds funk in the fields that 

 wanted water. Laflly, the grand articie 

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