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When the farmer is poor, he takes fer- 

 vants inferior to thefe, which would make 

 the wages lefs -, befides, his wife, fupply- 

 ing the place of a fervant, and himfelf a 

 carter; thus they fupply each their part. 

 But is the culture well done? In agricul- 

 ture, facing produces poverty. When the 

 number of domeftics are lefs conliderable, 

 the expences of maintaining them will con- 

 fequently be lefs. No mention is made of 

 the food of the cattle, becaufe the farmer, 

 upon entering his farm, is fupplied with 

 firaw, forage, &c. ; oats are not mentioned, 

 for the horfes, as they are deducted from 

 the crop. The firft expences of two ploughs 

 being once eftablifhed, the addition of a 

 third will not make an increafe of more than 

 105!. i os. ; that of two, 2wcl.; and that 

 of three, 315!- : and five ploughs are the 

 largeft farm in La Bcauce. Hence, there- 

 fore, the firft expence of a farm of three 

 ploughs are 53 5!. iys; one of four, 6fol. 7$; 

 and one of five, 755!. 2s. Therefore, 

 the larger the undertaking, the Itfs the firft 

 expence, and more confequcntly the nett 

 produce. 



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