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field manured by that process only here 

 and there a bunch, which is very generally 

 to be seen in the wheat crop in a very good 

 farmer's field. Nor did I see any fault in 

 the farming or the people : on the contrary, 

 they are industrious and very attentive, 

 indeed more so than in many other parts 

 of the world where I have been. The 

 fault is in the land, not in the people : and 

 any man, who goes there to farm, will find 

 that to be the case, and to his sorrow. I 

 look upon the farmer in America to be like 

 a man placed in a deep cistern, with water 

 flowing in upon him, and a, pump to work 

 it out : he must either pump or be drown- 

 ed : and they must either work or famish. 

 It is observed by the Americans, that, if a 

 man gets a plantation and six working 

 negroes, he may maintain himself and a 

 femily : but, to say nothing of the disa- 

 greeableness of the climate, he cannot live 

 comfortably from such means : for it does 

 not appear to me, that, on such soil, a man 

 can raise more than will maintain himself. 



