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of his fyftems to ihe quiet comment of the reader. Whatever was rightl'T' 

 thefe, was right by the force of his reajon ; but we rauft not conceire that 

 be was therefore reaJov.ahU in all things* 



The faraereferve will be applied to the chief of Kliyogg's farming ideas; 

 for it is not prcpofed here to prefent a complete farming fyftem, but only 

 to rehte the proceedings of an individual farmer. 



One of the agricultural ideas of Kliyogg will alone be noticed as bear- 

 3 ;j a particular relation to the fituation of agriculture in the United 

 States.— Kiiyorig thought that a fmall farm well cultivated, is more pro- 

 iUifiive and more profitable, than a large farm ill cultivated.— He appears 

 in this to hare formed ajull decifion. A large landed property kept un- 

 der cultivation, implies a large inveftment oi capital in the foil, large tax- 

 es, large fences, and large ploughing* ; fuch a property is not eafily trav- 

 elled over by th; proprietor, by his laborers, or by his teams ; it is more 

 diflfhxih to infpei^ it from the farmhoufe by the eye; more impraflicable 

 to prote<^ it from robbery and inroads ; it demands more attendants, and 

 more feed % when it becomes likewife the common fyllem of others in the 

 counfry, it will be found, frocn the Kirgc fize of each farm, that the rr^irkct, 

 the church, the neighbor, and (he artifan's (hop, mud each in cfFt«f\ bo 

 thrown at a gjeatcr diftaoce ; roads alfo becoming longer, rauft thence be 

 kept in worfe repair ; ihe country will be found Tcfs populous within the 

 fame extent ; nnd negligent habits will too certainly prevail in every 

 ihir.p:, which utli in time f«^Jze even the moral character of the cultivator. 



Hit be faid, th«t in the TJniied States each cultivator has to provide for 

 a growioa family, as well as to ir.ake a Inge refcrvc of woodland for fuel, 

 the plea flial! be allowed, and with it a comparatively large pofTeffion ; 

 but the conchifion does not follow, that the principal cuUvvatien of the 

 farmer GDght to he extended beyoml a fiiiall portion of this very land."« 

 The monopoljH will not the lefs readily convert his lands into cafih, under 

 fuch a fydcm ; for \{ contratis are eafily made for large trails of land, 

 fmall tra(5t» aic thofe which raoft readily command z proTnpt pr.yment ; 

 and when the fanner has become thriving, he can then eafily extend his 

 purchdfes to the fatisf-^^ion of the proprietor. 



The elder PrufcflTor Martyn of Cambridge in England, has a fenfible 

 note in his edition of Virgil, upon the maxim as applied to vines, of Law, 

 data ingsvtia rura : Exiguum colito : (Praife large farms, but cultivate fmall 

 ones.) He obferves, ♦ This is an imitation of a verie of Hefiod, The 



< meaning of the poet feems to be, that ycu may admire the fplendor of a 

 ' large vineyard, but \\viX } ou had better cultivate a fmall one ; becaufe 

 » the labor of cultivating tines isfo great, that the roafter cannot extend 

 « his care of a very Inge fpot of ground.- Columella relates a iloiy from 



* Groccinua, in confirmation of «his. A m«n had two daughters, and a 



* large vineyard, ot which he gave a third part with the el>leil daughter is 



* luarii.igc : and yet lie gathered as much fruit, as he did before, After- 



< wards he married the younger daughter, with another third for her pur- 



* tion, and flill fonnd that his remaining third part produced as much as the 

 » whclc had done : N'vhich could arife iiiio^ no ether caufe, ihaa that h*3 



