( to; ) 



every day's labour is loft, and cannot be re- 

 called. 



Moft of the particulars ftatecl in the fourth 

 fedlion, and given as reafons why the farmers 

 do not make rich, may, with equal propri- 

 ety, be adduced as reafons why the prices 

 of provifions are conftantly on the iacreafe, 

 And, that tfye reader may be the more fully 

 enabled to keep this in his eye, we fhall here 

 recapitulate, in few words, the general caufes 

 already affigned for both ; and thefe fhall 

 now be arranged, though in a manner fome- 

 what different from the order in which they 

 occur in the eflays, according to the import* 

 ance of the caufes themfelves, and as they 

 may be thought to have more or lefs influence 

 in producing the general eftedl. 



1. Importation, and confequently no exr 

 portation. 



2. The want of a regular fyftem of corn 

 and grafs, with a fallow. 



3. The rents of the farms being too high 

 in their unimproved flate. 



4. Too fhort tacks or leafes, which pre- 

 vent any improvement being made on the 

 farm. 



5. The general run of farmers having too 



much 



