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Intereft, to remedy it as foon as pofliblc. 

 For, if his farms be fmall, he will have 

 many more offers, becaufe fmaller capi- 

 tals will be required to flock them; but, 

 if his farms be large, the number of good 

 tenants, pofTelTed of money enough to 

 ftock them, wdll be very few, compara- 

 tively fpeaking -, and thefe few will have 

 it more in their power to efFedt combi- 

 nations, and keep down the real value of 

 land, which is often the cafe in many 

 parts of England. 



Upon thefe accounts, not to mention 

 others, the calculation feems totally erro- 

 neous, which fuppofes the ballance of 

 intereft to the landlord, to be in favour 

 of large farms. And motives of a dif- 

 ferent kind are not wanting to difcoun- 

 tenance their extenfion. 

 I Thofe who contribute towards the de- 

 iWudion of fmall farms, can have very 



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