I3O AGRICULTURAL SURVEY 



by this means, are obliged to labour for others, 

 inftcad of themielves, mult lefTen the general pro- 

 duce, and greatly affect the community at large. 



The arguments generally made ufe of in favour 

 of large farms, are, that a great expence is faved 

 in repairs and labour, particularly in doing the 

 culture with a leis number of horfes : that a lars"e 

 capital in farming is as necelfarv, as in trade, for 

 without a large capital, no confiderable improve- 

 ment can be undertaken or effected, nor a proper 

 or fuitable fiock kept upon land; and, that as to 

 corn, heavier crops are grown, by means of the 

 land being better worked and manured. 



The arguments for fmall farms, are, that they 

 reward merit, encourage induftry, fill the markets 

 with plenty, increafe population, and furnifh the 

 belt clafs of men in all fubordinate ftations of life. 



As to the firfl, refpecling repairs, it muft Hand 

 admitted; but, as an ample drawback from that 

 advantage, the land is, in general, let, at leafl, 20 

 per cent, cheaper in large, than it is in fmall farms. 

 As to its being done with lefs expence, that is, 

 with a lefs number of horfes, if that were a fact, 

 it would certainly be a great advantage to the 

 public, but, when the great farmer's riding horfes, 

 and, lometimes, other horfes of pleafure and lux- 

 ury, 



