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 him take a certain number of acres, and 

 draw up all the expences attending an an- 

 nual improvement of that quantity, in the 

 manner of the preceding elfimates, until 

 the product of one year will fufficc for the 

 expences of the nextj efpecially remember- 

 ing, that he is to let his farms as foon as 

 polTible, not only to be rid of the trouble, 

 but to be able immediately to mortgage 

 them ; and the fums fo raifed by mort- 

 gage to be thrown to the product of the 

 preceding year, to form a fund for the 

 operations of the next. 



When, in this method of calculating, a 

 requifite total is gained j he will find whe- 

 ther it is more or iefs than the fum of 

 money he has appropriated to the bufincfsj 

 if more, he muft begin again, and calcu- 

 late for a fmaller quantity of land j if Iefs, 

 for a farger j till he com.es pretty near the 

 mark. And that muil be his guide in the 

 beginning of his whole undertaking. And 

 he fhould in particular determine to form 

 a farm of fuch quantity, (and calculate 

 the buildings accordingly) however fmall : 

 he can mortgage land that is let, much 

 readier than improvements in his own 

 hands which have never been let. 



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