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in every county or fhire, .5 each acre, for 

 the bell crop of wheat not exceeding ten 

 acres, and fo on for every other crop men- 

 tioned in the fyftem. And in order to raife 

 a fund for thefe premiums, every fanner 

 that had more than the one half of his farm 

 in corns, to pay fixpence for each acre to go- 

 vernment, and fixpence for each acre he had 

 in grafs above two-thirds ; fixpence each acre 

 of all wafte grounds capable of improvement, 

 that were neither improved nor planted : the 

 fum raifed in this way to be wholly allotted 

 for premiums to thofe who raifed the bed 

 crops in following the national fyftem. The 

 premiums to continue for twenty years at 

 leafl. 



This national fyftem would naturally in- 

 creafe both the quantities of corn and grafs, 

 if once it came to be generally pradlifed ; the 

 produce would be ten times what it is at pre- 

 fent, and no farmer hurt. 



No doubt many may objecft to this tax up- 

 on land, thinking it defigned to hurt the 

 farmers: But the contrary is what I intend 

 by this propofal ; namely, to be a great fer- 

 vice to the farmer, the landlord, and the na- 

 tion in general. 



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