Itaque de familiae magnitudine et reliquo instrumento commodissime scies quantam pares, si tria animadverteris diligenter: in vicinitate praedia cuius modi sint et quanta, et quot quaeque hominibus colantur, et quot additis operis aut demptis melius aut deterius habeas cultum.
Therefore you will most accurately determine the number of slaves and other equipment which you should provide if you observe three things carefully: the character of the farms in the neighbourhood and their size; the number of hands employed on each; and how many hands should be added or subtracted in order to keep your cultivation better or worse.
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