bly, the progrefs might be exceedingly ra- 

 pid. 



A national fyftem in agriculture, fo far 

 from hurting either the farmer, the landlord, 

 or the nation in general, will tend greatly to 

 the intereft of the whole. 



If a national fyftem were once fixed upon, 

 it would prevent the farmer from hurting 

 himfelf, and turn out greatly for the intereft 

 of the landlord and the nation. The farmer 

 would be daily learning, by feeing the great 

 crops that were produced over the whole na- 

 tion, by following this plan. 



Too great a number of acres in corns, in a 

 courfe of years, ruins the foil. Too great a 

 number of acres in grafs hurts population, 

 and tends to make provisions dear. 



The farm, after having been a certain 

 number of years in grafs, would not only 

 produce great crops of corn, the corns would 

 produce very great quantities of dung, and 

 the dung would produce rich crops of grafs ; 

 fo that the very fame acre that was in pafture 

 would produce double, or three times the 

 quantity of grafs ; that is, would maintain 

 three times the number of cattle with the 



corn, 



