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sheep thrive best where there are no fences, 
and are, in such situations, less liable to be 
fly-blown, or otherwise injured. 
Mr. Tatlow’s account of his embankment 
being exa6fly upon Sir Thomas Hyde Page's 
plan, why insert it 
We cannot sufficiently admire the candour 
of Sir Charles Middleton, in his account of 
his farm in Kent ; but probably his losses 
by grazing cattle, &c. may have, in part, 
arisen from want of sufficient judgment in the 
person he employs to buy them in. 
Kentish farmers, who have not a capital to 
work upon like Sir Charles Middleton, and 
who do not possess the means of procuring 
a considerable quantity of manure besides 
what is produced from the stock and crop 
of a farm, 'frequently make great sacrifices 
of their crops of grain in the producfion of 
hops. ’ It would be wise, therefore, in the 
landlords in tlie hop countries, and in those 
where there is a propensity or temptation to 
the occupiers to cultivate hemp and flax, to 
restrain or limit them to the prod iCl ion 
