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26. Many of the farm hoiifes were old manlions too large, nnd encumbered with buildings, and 

 Imalier being laid to the principal farm, they are frequently tiot well liiuated, nor conllniAed 

 comparatively with a modern planned farm houfe. 



27. The bell: leafes run from fourteen to rwenty-one years, and allow two corn crops, ift, Of 

 hoeing pulfe or turnips, and adly, Of palhirage, and then a fallow ; in addition to thele, 

 winter tares, fown immediately after wheat, is not regarded as any interfering crop, if in 

 fpring fed off. Repairs belt done by the tenant, the landlord allowing materials. 



28. A large baize manufailory, for fome years, and particularly of late, declining, has been very 

 long etlabliflied ; from its necellary confequence, a large population muft have early contii- 

 buted here to agriculture, but now has equally contributed to its burthens, by an enormous 

 poor rate, which fcarcely, in any tolerable degree, affords food or cloathing for this number. 

 Chained to pariflies by the aft of fettlement, where employment cannot be had ; and thi-ough 

 hazard of granting parochial cei tificates, incapable, when willing to migrate, where their 

 labour is wanted, and would afford them the common comforts of life. Could the ad of 

 Elizabeth, which requir'es each parifli to provide materials for the conftant employment of its 

 poor been enforced, indullry would have its due maintenance : but this feems only 

 prafticable in himdreds, or diflric^s, or large towns ; in which the capital raifed, the number 

 aifembled, and the economy and Ikill of the fuperintendence applied, can render fuch a 

 family a manufaftory within itfelf j and libei'ate the individuals compofmg It, from the 

 very fluftuating trade, partial treatment, unequal payment, and arbitrary power they muft' 

 fubuut to when difpeifed into feparate fmall pariilies, and dependent on the neighbouring 

 manufaclui-ers. The adding farms together, in order to leffen the expence of repairs on 

 numerous buildings, and tofecure rent, with probably a juft view, from the larger capital 

 veiled, of greater improvement, has certainly here coatributedyowf-iu^^?/ to a more dependent 

 poor ; lince in fuch fmall bufinefs (a motive and fort of reward for parfimony, to fave enough 

 to engage in) the family could not apply to the parifli without ruin. It would flruggle 

 thei-efor-e to the utmoit ; every child would be domellically employed, and thus earn its 

 prefent bread, and prepare for its future hopes of becoming a fkilfuHarming fervant ; and thus 

 in treading in its parent's fteady track, another little farmer, and the reputable independent 

 mailer or miftrefs of an induflrious family. The number of the people has not, on this 

 account been in the lead pr-obably reduced, but their morals have been greatly injured ; the 

 children of the cottagers being early trained to bad language, every petty theft, and totally 

 dlvefted of thofe examples that might habituate them to any duty of neatnefs and decency, 

 excluilve of morality and religion. A national i-evenue too railed on the vices of the populace, 

 by petty (hops and petty alehoufes, removes the little chance, by their temptations, of any 

 parfimony or decorum. The neccffity of labour n.ay be proiuoted by the expenfive cravings 

 of vice: but then induflry is purchafed at 3 rate defperate to the individual, and dangerous 

 to the community. 



29. The praaice in agriculture here being extremely aid, have noihh^ pmtiaJar to recommend 

 them to other counties. 



30. An agricultural fociety has very lately been eftabliflied, 



31. Tolerably 



