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for when they are cautioufly interwoven with 

 other crops, fo as not to come round above once 

 in ten or twelve years, it would be well if the cul- 

 tivation of them were more general. 



No population can be greater, or of a more ufe- 

 ful fort, than that which is raifed and fupported by 

 a countrv, where this practice prevails ; as may be 

 proved, by reference to many parts of Somerfet- 

 fliire, Dorfetfhire, and Yorkfhire, where it occa- 

 fions fo much profitable labour, that no perfon, in 

 fuch a fituation, wants employ. 



Refpe&ing the fcale of rent, it is the mod diffi- 

 cult queftion to anfwer, with precifion, of any the 

 Board requires ; for there is nothing fo unequal in 

 the kingdom, as the rent of land. Corn, and all 

 articles of merchandize, preferve fome degree of 

 proportion; but the price of land, is fo much 

 affected by local circumftances, that it has no 

 regular (landard, though it would be a great ad- 

 vantage to agriculture if it had. Perfons of fmall 

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fortune, and tradefmen, when polfeffed of a little 

 land, are naturally induced to get as much as pof- 

 fible for it j and farmers, above all others, when 

 they become owners, make the worit landlords in 

 the kingdom (/;). It is therefore to large eftates, 

 that we arc to look for moderation in rents (c), as 

 they are gi nerally let upon a fair and confident 

 From this confideration, more than any 

 H other, 



