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a net 90L per annum, for his maintenance and pro- 

 fit, more than he had 20 years ago. It can be no 

 wonder then, that he punctually pays his rent, and 

 faves money. But it may be faid, and indeed very 

 truly, that rents have been generally raifed, efpe- 

 cially on little farms, nearly in the fame proportion, 

 and on fome confiderably more, and that fo much 

 muft be deducted from the fum above-mentioned. 

 The remark is juft, and the account being rectified 

 accordingly, it will {land thus: inftead of 60L for 

 rent, we muft allow 90I. confequently the additional 

 30I. is to be deducted from 150I. which reduces his 

 net gain to 120L which is juft double what it was 

 20 years ago, and a very pretty income it is for a 

 man of fo fmall capital, and in fo little bufinefs. 

 Let us next enquire how, on the fame principles, 

 matters ftand with the corn-farmer, who is repre- 

 fented as being in a ftarving and ruinous condition. 



The corn-farmer is fuppofed alfo to occupy a 

 farmof6ol. per annum; that he, like the former, 

 makes three rents, one for his landlord, one for ex- 

 pences of all kinds, and the other for his mainte- 

 nance, &c. But his expences will be far more con- 

 fiderable, as well as his labour and care, than the 

 dairy-farmer's, and the furplus of thefe expences 

 muft come out of his fhare. His farm has been 

 equally raifed with the former -, therefore he now 



pays 



