m. A COTTAGE AND CARDEN 
one of the conditions on which the farmer 
takes his farm, that he shall keep his cot- 
tager's cow at a limited price,— whatever 
mode is is to be adopted, will depend much 
on the circumstances of the country. 
There is hardly any part of England, how- 
ever, in which the cottager's cow may not 
be provided for, by one or other of these 
means ; or by another mode, which I should 
prefer, when practicable, as the right which 
it would give the poor x man would be un- 
alienable; and that is, inclosing ' and im- 
proving from the waste,* cow pastures of 
ten or twelve acres each ; the exclusive 
benefit whereof, the cottagers of the parish 
should enjoy at a small rent ; which (after 
providing for fences, kc.) might go as a 
fund for supplying the poor of the parish 
with fuel. Such inclosures would be ex- 
tremely gratifying and beneficial to that 
useful class of men, the labouring poor. 
The stock on them should be limited ; and 
a preference given to labourers working 
within the parish, in proportion to their 
families, their industry, and character. 
I have only to add, that my friend's his- 
Small farms tor y contains in it a strong proof, 
benefit nei- that, tho the cottager is benefited 
ther the far- by the supply of a garden and of 
mer northe iand for h ; s while - fa ^ 
public. .'• , , ' .„ 
tinues a labourer; yet, if more 
* This plan has been adopted in the Iver inclosure 
bill now before Parliament. May 1800. 
