OF NORFOLK. 120, 



£>zttim\ xxl 



THE SIZE OF FARMS CONSIDERED. 



A HE comparative produce of great and fmall 

 farms, is a queftion of the greateft importance, that 

 can come under the confideration of the Board of 

 Agriculture, and is highly deferving of its mod 

 ferious attention. It is a fubjedl on which no per- 

 foti can (land neutral, but muft take a decided pari: 

 one way or another. Much has been faid upon it, 

 but very little proved — becaufe it is very difficult 

 io form calculations, that would be conclufive, 

 unlefs real occupiers could be induced to lay 

 open their profits and expenditure, which can- 

 not be expected ; it is therefore from obfervation 

 and conjecture, that arguments pro. and con. can 

 be deduced. It fhould, however, feem, even up- 

 on a flight confideration of the fubjeft, that agri- 

 culture, when it is thrown into a number of 

 h,.iids, becomes the life of induflry, the fource of 

 plenty, and the fountain of riches ttJ a country; 

 and that monopolized and grafped into a few 

 hands, muft difhearten the bulk of mankind, who, 



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