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EXTRACTS FROM THE REPLIES TO THE SECOND LETTER 



OF INQUIRY. 



CAMBRIDGE. 



Mr. Charles Wedge. 



I THINK where two borses are sufficient to work a plough, one horse is kept on 

 an average to every twenty acres of ploughed land ; and every horse will furnish 



employment (exclusive of harvest) for half a man and a quarter of a boy. 



£. s. d. 

 The half man cannot be laid at less than - - - - 15 o o 



The quarter of a boy - - - • - -500 



Blacksmith, per horse - - - - - -,(^.300 



Wl^eler .•.._•-- 100 



Collar maker - - - - - - - 0100 



4 10 o 



Keep of horse - - - - - -15 00 



39 10 o 



For every 100 acres - - jC-*97 ^° ° 



The above articles do not vary in proportion to the value of the land. 



CHESTER. 



John Thomas Stanley, Esq. 



The expenses of farming seem to have increased about a fourth within the last 

 twelve years; the profits have certainly not increased in the same proportion. 

 Agriculture must necessarily suffer, if some measures are not taken to secure to 

 those engaged in it, their fair and accustomed gain. It will be a bad policy to 

 drive all men of capital and intelligence into trades, which cannot enable them 

 to ad so much to the real wealth of the nation, as they could when they were 

 stimulated in the character of farmers scattered over the country, to improve the 

 land 10 its utmost, to increase the numbers of cattle, horses, sheep, farm buildings. 



