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la) Mr. Cole being afked his opinion upon this fubjdft, irt 

 a letter to his friend, Mr. Ewcn, writes thus ; — " I am of 

 ** opinion, that three farms, in this neighbourhood, of 50I. 

 " 100I. and 150I. per ann. produce a larger quantity of corn, 

 ** per acre, more cheefe, butter, live and dead ftock, for 

 ** market, than one farm of 300I. 



(£) In my former report, where I flate the injury of great 

 farms to fociety, Mr. Howlett has this remark : — " Notwith- 

 " {landing what is here intimated, the reafonings of Mr. 

 *' Arthur Young, Lord Sheffield, and fome others, on the 

 " oppofite fide, feem to me unanfwered." I thought it right 

 not to fuoprefs this remark, though it d6es not make for my 

 argument, as I notice three other commentators whofe obfer- 

 vations 60 make for it. 



(c) Mr. James very juftly obferves, " that lately the en- 

 " largement of the farms, or the concentrating fmall farms 

 " into one, is fo fevere a blow upon population, that I may 

 " venture to hazard an opinion, that if this growing evil is 

 " not verv foon coi reded, the nioft certain method of calcu- 

 '« lating the population, will be by the poor's rates." -And 

 further obferves, in anfwer to the argument fet up in -favour 

 of great farms, from land being poor, " that he knows no 

 «« better method of amending fuch poor land, than by eniich- 

 " in» it with induilvious inhabitants." 



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