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not sufficient to increase the demand for corn, equal to the farmer's ability of pro- 

 ducing it, and no others could be discovered, then bounties on exportation had 

 better be resorted to, or the superfluous quantity bought up by government and 

 thrown into the Thames, rather than that the industry should be lost which preserves 

 your independance, and your security against a famine. 



£SSEX. 



Leviis Majejidie, Esq. 



Rates and Taxes in 1790, were £22. lox. in 1803, ;^45. 2S. 6d. — In calculating 

 this item, a great difference appears between 1790 and 1803; if we take the 

 increase of all public and parochial taxes, for what is borne by the farmer in com- 

 mon with other classes, ought not to be reckoned ; the whole of the horse tax is 

 placed to his increased expenses. The farm of lOO acres will employ 4 horses, the 

 tax on which will bcj^"!. 17J. 6d. on three, and £2. on the fourth, as a riding horse. 

 Poor rates differ in every parish, but in the aggregate the increase is great during 

 the interval in question ; a growing evil, the consequences of which are much to 

 be feared. 



Labour — 4 men 48 weeks in 1790, at 8s. per week, and harvest at £4^. each. 

 In 1 803, lOi. per week, and £6. the harvest month. 



As the farmer produces his own seed, no difference seems necessary to be noted; 

 die additional expense of growing it is charged in the advance of other articles. 

 In May 1790, wheat sold at yri4. to £'14. los. per load at Halsted market, and 

 barley at 24s. Seed was dearer in 1790 than in 1803. 



Few arable farmers purchase manure in these parts. Chalk is at the same price 

 as in 1790, as well as clay marie; but where manure is really purchased, an advance 

 of one-third has occurred since 1790. 



What is intended by team is not clearly comprehended, so as to induce a proper 

 answer to this query, unless it respects the renewing a team. Suppose a horse 

 bought at 3 years old, and that horse lasts till he be 15, the proprietor, keeping 4 

 horses, would want a horse every third year, which in 1790 he might have bought 

 for £^16. but in 1803 it would have cost £24. being £^. per annum nearly in 

 . advance, to keep up his team ; but if he breeds and rears colts, this docs not 

 ceme to apply. 



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