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pounds per rod was not fuffieient to deter 

 perfons from the cultivation of it. 



As an application hasjuft been made to 

 parliament for an aft to permit the growth 

 of it in Ireland, the obfervations made in 

 this Treatife will not, I flatter myfelf, be 

 thought unworthy the notice of the legifla- 

 ture, that fo advantageous a branch of agri- 

 culture may not be confined to one divifioa 

 of Great-Britain, but that every part of 

 thefe united kingdoms may be allowed to 

 fhare in the emoluments arifing from it. 



The advantages which will proceed from 

 the permiffion, are too many to be enumerated 

 in fo fhort a Work. Whether a fuffieient 

 quantity can be raifed in thefe kingdoms to 

 fupply the demand there was for it before 

 the American trade became interrupted, (as 

 a revival of the demand will be the certain 

 confequence of a reduction of the price) 

 time alone can difcover : but if enough be 

 only raifed for home confumption, this 



will 



