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the work of improvement, when the at- 

 tention and trouble of it were completely 

 removed. 



I'he bufmefs of fuch an improver would 

 be much more complicated than any that 

 couid ?rife in the ornamenting of grounds j 

 it would require a man who was fo vv^ell 

 acquainted with all kinds of foils as to pro- 

 nounce upon examining them, whether 

 tiicy were improvable ; to what degree 5 

 and for what crops. He. fliould be well 

 pra6lifed in common agriculture j for 

 thofe who proceed on theory alone, are 

 apt rather to raife brilliant edifices, thari 

 lay folid foundations. His knowledge of 

 the huibandry of various countries fhould 

 be yet greater than his own piacSlice; and 

 he Ihoukl be perfectly well acquainted 

 with the prices of all forts of work, 

 the rates of land, &^c. in every county, 

 that he may be as little to feek as pofiible 

 for data whereon to form a calculation of 

 any given improvement. He Ihould have 

 correfpondents and agents in fuch counties 

 as pofl'efTed an agriculture fuperior to the 

 common practice of the kingdom ; that 

 the procuring workmen of particular kinds, 

 and even tenants ufcd to particular modes 



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