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ftill more fo in value ; and the crops of corn ren- 

 dered fo much fuperior to what they were when the 

 fields were in their open ftate, and fallowing was 

 pra£lifed, that there is nearly as much corn grown 

 as when the whole was arable. 



By inclofing wafle lands, large trails of very con- 

 fiderable value are brought into culture, on which 

 is reared or maintained a much more valuable flock 

 than when they were in their original flate, befides 

 producing much corn, and increafing the quantity of 

 labour. 



Survey of Derbyshire, p. 33. 



BV MR. THOMAS BROWN. 



Within the lafl fifteen years, I believe that above 

 one-fourth part of the whole county of Derby has 

 been inclofed — the two diftri^s which I have deno- 

 minated fertile and low peak, are almofl: entirely in- 

 clofed ; the high peak remains a field in many places 

 fgr that improvement. The advantages arifing from 

 inclofing are very great, both to the owner and the 

 community; the advantage to the owner being in 

 fome meafure governed by the nature of the foil, 

 the quantity of wafte, and expence that attends the 

 inclofure and making roads. Some inclofures within 

 the lall fifteen years, I have been told, have nearly 

 doubled the rental. Immediately on being inclofed 



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