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fum of money at firft, and alfo incurring an 

 annual expence to keep it in that order : And 

 unlefs a farmer has a command of money, 

 no improvement can be made. 



It muft alfo be remarked, that no farm 

 can be kept in order without a part of grafs ; 

 and without money to buy cattle, the far- 

 mer cannot reap any benefit. Along with 

 this, however, we muft take notice, that pof- 

 fibly many farmers may truft too much to 

 fervants ; the confequences of which are fuf- 

 ficiently obvious. 



Among the caufes of the fcarcity of money 

 among farmers, we rauft not forget to enu- 

 merate the enormous load of national debt. 

 By the accumulation of this, the greater part 

 of the money in the kingdom has been depo- 

 fited in the hands of government ; and the 

 high intereft given by thofe in power, fupe- 

 rior to what is allowed to be received from 

 any private perfon, ftill encourages the mo- 

 nied men to depolit their cafli in the hands 

 of government, rather than in thofe of far- 

 mers, or any private perfons. Thus the far- 

 mers being deprived of their ufual refources, 

 neceffary for keeping their credit in fome 

 cafes, fqucezed in too many inftances, by 



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