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the produce of the garden would help to 

 maintain them ; fo that they could never be 

 in a great ftrait, if they had a large garden 

 well flocked with all kinds of roots, greens, 

 Sec. If thus the manufacturers were fettled 

 all over the country, they would be lefs fub- 

 jedl to mobbing, when disjoined from one 

 another. 



I am informed, that many of the weavers 

 in Germany and Ireland work at the plough 

 a part of the day, and weave their cloth at 

 night. Many of the Pruflian foldiers are 

 weavers, and when not employed as foldiers, 

 return to the loom. 



See National Improvements for a plan of 

 a garden upon a new conftru6tion, p. 270. 



Many perfons who have tried labouring 

 corn-fields with the fpade, inform me they 

 have found it cheaper than the plough, con- 

 fidering the great crops produced after the 

 fpade ; fo that they have had two bolls per 

 acre more than after the plough. 



If at any time manufacturers cannot get 

 work, it would be better for them to be em- 

 plpyed in labouring corn-fields with the fpade 

 tHan being idle. 



I am informed, there have been very con- 



fiderable 



