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Ions and a half, and in some instance* ten gallons, so that the 

 buyer gives seven or eight per cent, more than he ought to give; 

 and I humbly think that weight would be a better standard, as the 

 drier and plumper the corn is, the heavier it weighs. 



14th. Grant long lenses. 



All farmers who have spirit enough to improve their estates, 

 should have some security for being reimbursed the expence. 

 Where a man's tenure is precarious, and subject to the whim, and 

 caprice of a landlord, little improvement can be expected. Upon 

 unimproved farms, such as wastes, commons, &c. newly inclosed, 

 a considerable expenditure is necessary to bring them into order. 

 Here the tenant should have a lease of twenty-one years, and the 

 rent to advance at fixed periods ; for instance, suppose the land in 

 its original state to be worth when inclosed, and accompanied with 

 necessary buildings, five shillings per acre ; this rent, if the tenant 

 is to pay all expences of cultivation, should continue seven years ; 

 at the expiration of frhieh time, he should be advanced to ten 

 shillings, and at the end of fourteen years, to fifteen shillings per. 

 acre. 



Or the following method might be adopted ; let the landlord 

 pay all expences of cultivation, manuring, &c. and charge five per 

 cent, on the expenditure, allowing the periodical advance to be 

 proportionably less. At all events, the interest of the tenant 

 should be better preserved, than at present; but this is so copious 

 a subject, that I must forbear entering into it, not doubting but 

 it will be ably treated by some of your numerous correspondents. 

 I must now hasten to a 



CONCLUSION. 



THIS county does not raise grain sufficient for its consumption, 

 nor are the climate and soil of many parts thereof favorable to corn 

 farming ; yet were all the improvements before suggested to take 

 place, there cannot be a doubt, but that the produce of the soil 



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