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SECT. VII.
OF INCLOSURES ON NEW FARMS.
In the planning and arrangement of these, there is requiredmuch deliberate attention, and prudent consideration, be-fore determining ultimately upon their designs. On landsthat are already under culture, fences and inclosures are ge-nerally to be found in part; and the soil to be planted withhedges, for additional inclosures and subdivisions, mny beprepared for the purpose, by means of fallow and manu-ring. But in the inclosure of a new farm, every thing is tobe arranged, and the soil, in general, can only be preparedfor the proper reception of the hedge-plants, by a judicioususe of the spade, and by the application of manures as thework advances. To allow the houses to be set down as itwere at random, and the roads and fields to be laid olf ina careless manner, without correct views and mature re-flection, must greatly injure the value of the farm. Access,water, and shelter, have all to be duly considered; the sizeof the farm and the most advantageous mode of occupancy,have next to be taken into consideration; and, as in connec-tion with these, the number, extent, and position of the in-closures; and then, in due regard to all these, the use ofditch, wall, or hedge, for the purpose of fences, has to be care-fully applied, according to circumstances. The plan of in-closure requires to be formed with much deliberate judgment,and has then to be carried into effect with vigour.
1. If there be a great extent of land requiring to be sepa-rated from mountain pasture, a ring-fence must be applied tothis purpose, within which is to be comprehended the arableland, the meadow, and the cow-pasture. This ought to