'2 Observations on Colonel Taylor^ s Letter. 



sons, by facts. And no one can turn them to better ac- 



dfpths. I can multiply or diminish the number of hoes at 

 pleasure ; and work them at two, three, or six inches deep. 

 I have them with three, and as far as twelve hoes, of differ- 

 ent sizes, to stir from two to three and four feet in breadth. 

 Of Mr. Ciregg's crops, there is a constant succession, so that 

 his ground is never naked, and exposed to exhalation and 

 exhaustion, by the sun. Before ploughing, he uses a marker 

 to trace, or lay out his field ; so as to be ploughed in five 

 and a half feet ridges, with a drain between them. His whole 

 admirable economy, rotations, and changes of crops are de- 

 tailed. He has cleared annually, ^f 1117 lis. Sterling on an 

 average ol six vears : whereas it had cleared before his taking 

 the farm only / 230, annually. He reversed all the old regime 

 of this farm, under which it had been managed for 50 years. 

 Including £ 240 rent, his annual expence is £ 1367 9s. Ster- 

 ling ; S 6071 48 cents of our money, which would buy here 

 a good farm. 



But it is well worth the notice of an American farmer^ if 

 he should complain (as is often the case) of his public bur- 

 thens — that ]Mr. Gregg* stVi}i\Q is ^"72, his poor rate, £60, ^nd 

 his highway dutij, only £ 6 — being an annual incumbrance, 

 beside imperceptible taxes of £ 138 Sterling,=613 dollars of 

 our money.' — And tithe, poor ratc,2C[\C\ highway charges were 

 the same, when the produce and profits, were at the lowest 

 rates. Their turnpikes and canals, very numerous, supersede 

 the necessity of high road taxes. An example which is lauda- 

 bly operating on us. 



English farming recjuires to be in a superior style, to afford 

 its annual burthens. But these stimulate exertion, and call 

 forth the powers of the mind, as well as corporeal employ- 

 ment. I wish no such stimulants here ; though of taxes for 

 the poor fairly entitled to public support, and for making and 

 repairing roads, if justly applied, no complaint should ever 



