SECTION III. 



THE PRESENT STATE OF BRITAIN, WITH 

 RESPECT TO AGRICULTURE. 



IT may be thought a ftrange thing to aflert, 

 that, with refpeft to agriculture, Britain, 

 even at this day, is in a very poor ftate of 

 improvement. Yet, from undoubted fadls, 

 it is not only certain that this is the cafe, but 

 that it is in a worfe fituation in this refpeft, 

 than it formerly was. 



The firft proof which I fliall adduce of 

 this is, that the farmers, in every part of the 

 country, are daily failing. Superficial ob- 

 fervers may perhaps fuppofe, that fuch fai- 

 lures are owing merely to the extravagancy, 

 folly, or misfortunes of the unhappy indivi- 

 duals. That luxury and diflipation are too 

 prevalent in the country, as well as in cities, 

 we readily own ; and that the mifmanage- 

 ment of farmers is one caufe, we lhall quick- 



