Husbandry and Gardening.

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CHAP. II.

An Account of a Farm of four hundred A-cres , part of which is fuppos'd to be worn-out Ground ,, and the other Fart reckorfdunprofitable Heath Ground: With theMethod of improving the Whole.

To Mr. Bradley.

SIR ,

I Have been three Times at different Seasonsat the Farm, which I told you I had an Eyeupon, for the Place of my Retirement; anashall give you as short an Account of the Natureof the Soil, as I can.

I find I shall have Acres enough ; there beingno less than four hundred ; besides the Orchard,Stable-yards, and the Ground which the House,Barns, &c. stand upon. Most of it is in ** n \ i ~ferable poor Condition having been neglected,either from the Poverty or bad Husbandry orthe late Tenant: So it will require not only agreat deal of Money to be lay’d out, but the.Advice of the most skilful Husbandman to bringit into Order. , .

It borders upon a large Heath, somethinglike that between Wimbleton and Putney i abovean hundred Acres of which belong to this Farm,wid may a li be inclos’d. I don’t hear that theTenant ever made 15 /. pr Annum of thewhundred Acres. ,

The rest of the Farm has been inclos’d, andfrom the Age of the Trees upon the Hedge® D 2 Rows,