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feeds in a fimilar rotation with his drill machine, 
and I will’bet 1000]. that my clear profits fhall an- . 
nually exceed thofe of the broad-caft farmer 11. 1s. 
per acre for the fix years courfe of crops. 
~-As money is a very precarious ftandard, and of 
aicertain value, it is neceffary to fix a money price 
to each of the grains; let beans then be 5s. barley ” 
3s. 6d. peas 6s. and wheat 8s. per bufhel. 
’ After fuch a challenge, by which I may be open 
to the cenfures of thofe who do not feel as I do on 
this important national fubject, you muft give me 
leave to add a few words, to free my charaéter from 
_ the imputation of vanity, or the more ferious charge 
of promoting or encouraging gambling—the moft 
pernicious and deteftable of all vices. There, there- 
fore, acknowledge, that Iam indebted to the me- 
chanical abilities of the ingenious Mr. Cooxe for 
all my improved inftruments; and to his agricul- 
| ‘tural {kill for the greater part of the advantages I 
“have derived from the ufe of thofe implements. 
Thus, difclaiming all merit as an original, I hope I 
do not prefume, when I clafs myfelf among his firft 
and moft attentive difciples. I would with it alfo to 
_ be known publickly, as my tender of the bet, that 
whenever I am induced to make a wager, and am 
| fuccefsful, my winnings are always applied to fome 
a&t of charity, fo that I always rifk my money 
| Jagainft nothing. Whatever proportion of this bet, 
 fhould it be accepted, I may referve to myfelf ‘will 
Rot thérefore enrich me, or my family. Thus, 
