itf TRAVELS THROUGH 

 in , and this, in general, is the fyftem of 

 fallow wheat---fpring-corn : a manage- 

 ment which effectually excludes turneps, 

 potatoes, carrots, clover, lucern, and fain- 

 foine, all crops which are found in one part 

 or other of the kingdom to be moft highly 

 profitable. Thus, when an Englishman 

 reads, in the books of French huibandry, 

 of the importance of the great culture, in 

 oppofition to the fmall, he (hpuld Jiave an 

 idea that thefe writers are only calling for 

 that degree of good management which is 

 found in the open fields of Britain ;---for as 

 to inclofures, they have fcarcely the idea. 



When I propofed a reform in this parti* 

 cular, as of more confequence than a change 

 from the fmall to the great culture, fhey 

 obferved, that the fyftem of taxation would 

 not admit it; for, if the Englilh methods 

 of cropping their lands was followed, it 

 muft turn much on the introduction of arti- 

 ficial grants and roots for the winter-food 

 pf cattle; whereas, from the effects of the 

 taille being levied on cattle, and multiplied 

 on them, the farmer cannot think of in- 

 creafing his flock, as he is immediately 

 faxed in proportion. This circumfta^e 



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