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for it appears to me quite contrary to the very 

 profeffion of encouraging Agriculture. 



If a farmer takes a farm out of order, and the 

 land be poor, the farmer, to improve fuch a farm, 

 and flock it well, ought in fome cafes to have as 

 much money to cultivate it to the bed advantage 

 as the land is worth ; yet for fuch a perfon, how- 

 ever induftrious, a cruft in his pocket is (in the 

 opinion of fuch ftcwards) good enough for him. 

 And here I would afk, Is any tradefman in the like 

 circumftanccs fpoken fo lightly of? Is not an in- 

 duftrious careful farmer as refpeclable a member 

 of fociety as a tradefman? Is he not at lead equally 

 necefTary to the well-being and happinefs of the 

 date? What mud we think of fuch men as fay, 

 (when a farmer rears a colt, and breaks it to 

 make it fit for falc) " The farmers ride fuch 

 " horfes, with high tails, that we cannot go the 

 " road for them?" 



And if a farmer happens to fqueeze a lemon 

 once a year, it is an unpardonable offence. This 

 ft c ward fays, " His horfe fliies fo at the lemon 

 c< fkins, that he cannot get near the door." And 

 when he lets a farm, he has let it fo dear, that he 

 thinks it necefTary to fay to the young farmer, " If 

 " you go home, and "work bard, and fare bard, you 



" may 



