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left he has a command of money to improve 

 his land. But if, inftead of furniflring him 

 with this fo necefTary article, every method 

 is taken to diftrefs him, by the landlord raiC- 

 ing his rent in the unimproved ftate of his lands, 

 as well as by the confumer, the confequence 

 muft very foon be, that the crop will be con- 

 ftantly on the decline ; and every fucceeding 

 year will be worfe than the former; and 

 hence, provifions, inftead of being reduced, 

 will ftill increafe in price. 



It is, indeed, a certain fa6l, that when a 

 farmer is not making rich by his farm, nor 

 going on with any improvements ; when he 

 becomes daily more and moreftraitened; the 

 farm commonly turns worfe every year, even 

 though we fhould take as the example the 

 beft farm in the country. 



If it be conftantly kept in corn crops, with- 

 out a fufficient quantity of manure, and a 

 due proportion laid out in grafs, it will, in a 

 few years become very poor; whereas, on 

 the contrary, by a proper rotation of crops 

 of corn and grafs, with a fallow, the foil 

 would be enriching every year, and the pro- 

 duce increafed. 



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