108 THE BOOK OF THE LANDED ESTATE. 



manuring, then, would take up a large proportion of the farmer's capital 

 for the first year or two, independent of any other of the many items of 

 expenditure which fall to be attended to by an enterprising farmer ; and 

 therefore I would advise all proprietors, in arranging with tenants for 

 their farms, to make sure that they are possessed of sufficient capital, as 

 if they are not, proprietors need not expect to have their lands improved 

 and increased in value, but probably made less valuable. In all com- 

 mercial undertakings, the larger the capital embarked the larger the 

 profits, and the same holds good in regard to farming as well. Bring 

 large capital to bear on it, and dispose of the same with enterprise and 

 skill, and high profits will certainly follow. 



