1230 Additions and Correétions
The fituation of the land near towns, where the markets for the difpofing of their different produdis are good; and in many cafes near large cities, where the pro- duce of feyeral different forts can not only be difpofed of to much advantage, but manure in-abundance be procured and brought back in return, is alfo a point that fhould not be unattended to in the taking of a farm. And iflime, marl, or other fubftances capable of being made ufe of as manures, be-near at hand, they are of great importance in(he management of land, and fhould have their due influence with the farmer in his fixing himfelf ina farm. Befides thefe, there are various other local circumftances and advantages, that may operate in different cafes with propriety in directing his conduct in the bufinefs of taking a farm.
It is a matter which Mr. Young juftly confiders of the greateft confequence in the engaging-of a farm, that no larger.a one be taken“ than the fum of money a man ean command will ftock properly. A common fault among farmers is, he fays, the hiring too much land for-their money: they are extremely eager to farm as much as poffible; the certain confequence of which is the conducting the foil.in an imperfeé&t manner. In the neighbourhood of great cities and towns, variety of manures are to be had, in fome places cheap; but if the farmers have not money, how are they to make ufe of fuch advantages? For thefe and other reafons, a farmer fhould not think of venturing on a traét of land which he cannot.com- mand, that is, farmas feems beft to him.”
It is obvious that a variety of advantages in the management of a farm muft refult fromthe different fields being connected, and not fituated at a diftance from each other:.much time and trouble muft conftantly be faved, befides many other conveniences being attained. It,has been remarked by the above writer, that «‘many farmers too often overlook this circumftance. Ifthey attended to it, as much as their profit required, we fhould fee landlords reforming their eftates in this particular more than many do at prefent. here is not a more expentfive, per- plexing circumftance in a farm, than the fields being in a ftraggling, disjointed fituation.”
Where the exertions of the farmer are to be clogged with fuch reftriCtive claufes in the leafe of a farm as muft prevent him from cultivating it under the moft advan- tageous method of hufbandry, there is every reafon for his confidering the matter well before he agrees for the farm, or he may find himfelf injured in a much greater degree than is eafily conceived. The author of the Farmer’s Calendar has obferved, that‘“‘ the merit or reafonablenefs of covenants muft be confidered always on comparifon with the nature of the farm. It is for want of this.confi- deration that unreafonable covenants are ever propofed. Thefe prohibitions are