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In this country, the farmers, as a class, are 

 in a far happier condition than those in Eng- 

 land. Here a majority of them are the owners 

 of the soil which they cultivate but in that 

 country the land belongs chiefly to the great 

 and powerful, called the nobility. Besides, we 

 have in the United States but few taxes, and 

 those, in comparison with the English farmer's 

 taxes, are light and trivial. I will give some 

 account of these matters in England, from 

 which I am sure our little readers will readily 

 perceive how much better the condition of the 

 American farmer is than that of the English 

 farmer. Observe, then, with whom the lat 

 ter has to settle before he can count upon 

 any profit from his toil. These are chiefly 

 the King, the landlord, the clergyman, the 

 overseer, the labourer, and those of whom 

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