^^t O^fi^r vat ions on the Corn Laws, Aug» 



tion and management of thefe fchools, which would take up 

 too much room to mention here. I fhall only obferve, that the 

 fcheme, in every light I can view it, would be a great benefit ta 

 thofe concerned ; and tend to promote agriculture, and the ge- 

 neral benefit of the country. But I fhall be glad to hear the 

 opinion of your correfpondents before I lay any thing farther. I 

 s^m. Sir, yours, 



K /, 1804. Elrona. 



I-OR THE FARMER S MAGAZINE. 



Ohfervatiom on the Frinc'ipUs of Corn Laivs, 



ift. * To fecure a fuffcient fupply of grain for the people in ordi' 

 naryfeafons ' — Let there be a fair price, and a free market. The 

 former will be fecured by the alterations fuggefted in the late re- 

 port of the committee of Pavliament j the latter muft be attained 

 by the exercife of mild and firm authority in fupprefhng every acSt 

 of violence tending to profcribe the culture of grain, and to de- 

 ilroy the markets for it. It muft then, of courfe, become an ar- 

 ticle of manufacture, and of internal commerce, on a more re- 

 fpe£lable fcale. 



,2d. ' To prevent luafe of grain^ to keep up a fleady demandy 

 and to furnifj an equable fleady fupply^ both in bulk and in retail ' — 

 Let corn merchants with proper capital, granaries, and fhops, be 

 rnore encouraged at home, efpecially in large towns. This clafs 

 of m.en are abfolutely neceffary, to prevent extremes in the prices. 

 In cheap feafons they purchafe from the farmer, and preferve the 

 grain from wafte ; and when fcarce, it comes out of their ftores, 

 and prevents famine, or even excefiive dearth. 



3d. ^ To obtain a fur plus of grain ^ for covering the ivants of 

 had feafonSy and preventing our dependefice on foreign coimtrieSy and 

 the drainage of our treafures * — Let the culture of grain be not 

 only allowed, but encouraged, for the manufadlures of ftarch, 

 pot barley, and malt ; and for the fubfiftence of every kind of 

 aninpial ufeful in our domeftic ceconomy, particularly fwine, poul- 

 try, and cattle *, and alfo for the fubfiilence of horfes. Much ad- 

 vantage refults from this fyftem in common feafons, as it brings 

 to market abundance of fat, dairy produce, poultry, eggs, ftarch, 

 and malt ; and from the combined efFe£l: of retrenchment in bad 

 feafons, we might fecure that furplus at home which, as matters 

 now ftand, mult be fought for abroad. The more grain that we 

 can rear above what is necelTary for the immediate ufe of man, 

 the larger will that furplus be, and the more efFeOive in bid 

 feafons. But while the appJication oi grain in moft of thefe pur- 

 pofes is fo much difcouraged, partly by the laws, and partly by 



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