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Seventy years back. Again, if it be confideiv 

 cd what is the prefent produce of all the lands 

 in Britain; fome fay one hundred millions, 

 others aflfert two hundred; but, to fpeak with 

 certainty, fay only one hundred millions fter- 

 ling, it is proved from the Pra&ical Farmers 

 recommendation annexed, and likewife from 

 what is faid in the work itfelf, that, if the 

 methods pointed out were reduced to practice, 

 the produce would be ten times what it is at 

 prefent, in the courfe of forty years, which 

 would be a thoufand millions of additional 

 produce at leaft ; and, if the plan propofed 

 were perfevered in, it would be every year in- 

 creafmg, fo long as any land remained capa- 

 ble of improvement. 



The peculiar excellency of this plan is, that; 

 it would neither hurt trade, nor manufac- 

 tures, but would tend to increafe both very 

 much ; whereas, pufhing trade and manufac- 

 tures above what they can continue at, hurts 

 agriculture, by taking away both men and 

 money. The only fure method is, let agri- 

 culture and trade keep at an equal pace, the 

 one not going before the other, as they are 

 mutual helps to one another. 



"Many perfons, upon the firft hearing of 



the 



