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We have therefore seen wheat raised 

 to four times its natural value, and as this 

 appears almost generally to be the standard 

 of regulation as to price, all other neces- 

 saries have got up in proportion. Rents 

 have been raised to the grower, taxes in- 

 creased to the landlord, and wages to our 

 manufacturing community, and all this 

 has been supported and kept up by the 

 advantages of external commerce during 

 "war. France fortunately for her, has been 

 without the means of corresponding com- 

 mercially with the world, and has been 

 forced to turn her attention to agricul- 

 ture. 



From the above remarks it may be 

 supposed that I do not duly appreciate 

 the improvement of our own system of 

 agriculture, but not so, no man is more 

 convinced of the improved state of hus- 

 bandry in many respects : all our atten- 

 tion from the above causes, has however 

 been directed to the growth of grain and 

 to the fattening of cattle. The former 

 from its high price enabled the farmer to 

 cultivate land with wheat, which if it pro- 



