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Q, We have found a weak point at last, but you think it can 

 be strengthened ? Is not that what you wish us to believe ? 



A. Undoubtedly; but instead of the weak point being dis- 

 covered at last it has been recognized from the first, and had 

 prominence in the opening lecture. Until recently little en- 

 couragement has been given to our working population to obtain 

 land and take real interest in its tillage ; where inducements 

 have been offered and accepted the improvement in small gardens 

 and allotments has been distinctly marked. If the bad cultivators 

 decrease in number and the good increase, as will be the case, 

 there will be an enormous gain in produce, as in the Petworth 

 example, and thus many must be benefited, while none can be 

 injured by the change which it is so desirable to establish in all 

 parts of the kingdom. 



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