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 quently the wallers, parers, drainers, Ilme- 

 burners, (^c. difcharged — whatever dcfire 

 the irentleman mav have to renew his un- 

 dertaking the year following, it will be in 

 vain ; inftead of 700 acres he muft con- 

 tent himfelf perhaps with a fixth part; 

 that is, his work is to do over again 3 his 

 hands to colle6l gradually as at firfl. All 

 objections therefore, that can arife from a 

 want of hands for executing the impiove- 

 ments I have propofed, have no weight, 

 unlefs the improver commit great miflakes. 

 All the cor'ipiaints that are generally heard 

 on this head, relate only to the price of the 

 labour ; or come f]om thole who have 

 only an irreoiiidr employment : which 

 have nothing a> do with the prefcnt en- 

 quiry.. Mat:y a time, in the condu6t of 



my own farm, have 1 been diltrefled even 

 for a fingle man, v^hereas I have foon after 

 had fcores at my command : the more 

 men I have employed, (and I have often 

 had from 20 to 40 at work) the more I 

 have univerfally been able to get. 



Another circumftancc relative to very 

 large undertakings, is the findi.i^ extent 

 of wafte land fufficient ; but this objection 

 can arife only from thofe who hav- not 



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