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commerce has lately received, and how much 

 we are in danger of being rivalled by the o- 

 ther European nations. 



That we have not yet Arrived at that per- 

 fedion to which the art of agriculture can 

 eafily be brought, is however evident, be- 

 caufe there are riot two counties, nay fcarce 

 two farms in England or Scotland, let them 

 be ever fo fimilar in foil and other external 

 circumftances, which are cultivated in the 

 fame manner : And where any art whatever 

 is not conducted by an uniform plan, it is 

 evidently far from being yet arrived at any 

 degree of perfection. 



But the worft is, what hath been already 

 hinted at, that the produce of Britain, with- 

 in thefe few years, has certainly diminifhed, 

 notwithftanding the many fchemes and fan- 

 cied improvements that have been under- 

 taken with a view to increafe it. 



That the produce has diminiftied, even in 

 one of the mofl highly improved counties in 

 England ; and that this diminution is owing 

 to purfuing a very improper mode of culti- 

 vation, is fully evidenced by Mr Marfhall, in 



his 



