TiMornv xtn'Rsi:. 147 



Of Grafs raisd by Foreign Seeds. 8 5 ^ 



Now to apply tlicfe Notions to the Point i 

 ■in qucftioii^ and fiill, It is, qucftionicfs ilio I 

 Inclination of every Man to improve his L- f ^ 

 ftate as much as he cm by the Ait> of Juk- 

 bandry, as we may fiippofe in our preit nt Caie, 

 by fowing his Ground with Forei'jn Seeds, 

 fuch ^sSt.Fom^ Clozrr, &c. But whether it 

 be for the Intereft of the Commonwealth to 

 countenance and permit fuch hnpr.xem.nts 

 may be a Queftion: For if it Ihall appear ■ 

 that fuch Plantations are Injurious to the Pub- -^ 

 lick, according to what's already prem-s'd, the 

 Government has Power to reftrain Men ironi 

 purfuing their Domehick and Private Ad' an- 

 tage, when it Qiall be to the Detriment ol the 

 (ame Perfons, as they ftand engaged in a 1 u^- 1 

 lick Body or Society. | 



The Conlideratious tempting us tobtlie\c 

 that fuch Innovations in Husbandry ought to ' 

 be permitted, are thefe, vi'z. Behdes the Be- ! 

 nefit which a vaft Number of Per.OT^s re p j 

 from Improvements of this nature, eer-am it 

 is, that great Numbers of Cattle are rais'd.t^'is 

 way, and confequently more Corn, tec nfe 

 more Dung : Nor can Clover, for the purp< 'fe, j 

 be continu'd but for a little time without Fil- , 

 lage, Now the more Corn and Cattle are ' 

 rais'd, the chejper mufl: all Provifion^ be,which 

 is generally Icok'd upon to be a Benefit to the , 

 Pubh:k. 



This Realbn, how fpecious ar.d popular I 



foever it niiy ieem upon the firf; Appe r-nce, 1 



v/ill^ upon a r/earer View, be found to bw ^ c v I 



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specimen la\;e from Timothy Xour.se. See opposite pci,'' 



