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it would be liable to great abufe, and be productive 

 of much difcontent and error. In fixing upon one 

 fingle ftandard, by which to eftimate the future 

 value of tithes, in proportion to the value of money, 

 or that of the land out of which they iflue, perhaps 

 there is no one more proper than that of a bufhel, 

 or a quarter of wheat. Wheat is not quickly of a 

 perifhable nature. Bread is emphatically called the 

 ftaff of life. And it generally happens, that when it 

 is dear or cheap, other provilions are dear or cheap 

 nearly in the fame proportion. Farmers remark 

 this in an ancient proverb — cc Down corn, down 

 horn ;" — meaning, that the price of horned cattle, 

 or butchers' meat, generally follows that of bread. 

 Some new productions in hufbandry will, often re- 

 peated, tire the ground and degenerate. We owe 

 it probably to the goodnefs of Providence, that the 

 foil once proper for wheat will, at regular periods, 

 with manure and culture, admit of a repetition 

 with the greateft probability of fuccefs. Add to 

 this, that its exportation in years of plenty, and 

 importation in years of fcarcity, contribute to keep 

 the price of wheat more nearly on a level than that 

 of mod other articles. 



Suppofe the clerk of every principal market 

 throughout each county was, once a year, at the 

 court of general Quartcr-Seffions, held the firft 



week 



