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would keep the working cattle in good condition, and furnish 

 some portion of manure for those lands, that have been exhausted 

 by a long succession of incessant cropping. 



The second barley wheat crop should be raised with a view to 

 malt for the breweries: and finally, these old potatoe grounds 

 might be brought into a condition fit for crops of wheat, provided 

 attention be paid to making manure, by collecting all the cattle 

 of the farms at night into an inclosure, and feeding them with 

 the green-fodder crops. 



By such means the landholders might put into their own 

 pockets those large sums that are now expended for the purchase 

 of flour and grain ; and, in the course of a few years, they would 

 undoubtedly become more affluent than they can ever expect to 

 beif they confine themselves to the comparatively limited demands 

 of the shipping. They would also derive an inward satisfaction 

 in thus being obedient to the Honourable Company, and in con- 

 tributing to the general good of the island, and to the comfort of 

 all other classes of the community : they would, moreover, prove 

 themselves deserving of the favours and indulgence of the lords 

 proprietors ; which they and their families have invariably received 

 at their hands. 



Although a due consideration of all those advantages (which I 

 have no doubt are attainable from the extension of agriculture) 

 will, I trust, excite a considerable degree of emulation and exer- 

 tion, yet it is my intention to recommend that certain premiums, 

 or prizes, should, be given to those who shall first distinguish 

 themselves as able cultivators. And with a view of animating 

 their exertions, I mean to propose that there be six classes of 

 merit. The first prize to be given to him who shall have broken 

 up the largest portion of uncultivated land, or delivered into the 

 Company's granary, in James's Town, the greatest quantity of 



