I 443 3 



It is unrcafonable that the mod induftrious fzr^ 

 mcr, who lays mod money out of his pocket to buy 

 lime and other manure for his land, fhaU, before 

 he is repaid his cxpences, render one- tenth of his 

 crop, which often turns the balance againft himj 

 whilft his idle neighbour, having but poor crops at 

 a very little expence, pays the church lefs than half 

 as much for a farm of equal value, I know that 

 the tenth of a good crop is often the whole of, and 

 fometimes more than the farmer's gain j therefore 

 tythe in kind prevents the cultivation of thoufands 

 of acres, to the great lofs of the community. The 

 arguments againft tythe in kind are fo many and fo 

 ftrong, as well on account of national and private 

 jnjury, as the antipathy and law-fuits created be- 

 tween the clergy and laity, that nothing but infatu- 

 ation can prevent a reform fo much wanted, and 

 wilhed for by all candid well-informed men. I 

 have beneficial tythe leafes, and therefore am writing 

 againft my own intereft. Moft people that have 

 written on this fubjed want patriotifm, candour, or 

 fufficient information. This mode of paying the 

 clergy might be the beft before the ufe of money, 

 but it certainly is the worft now. 



Refpedling Mr. Vagg's method of night- rolling, 

 my men could not fee any flugs on the ground or 

 the roller after rolling two or three nights; and 



when 



