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cnce, the hlghefl ought not to exceed a 

 hundred and fixty pounds a year. But 

 though there fhould be fome of thefe, to 

 promote ^emulation, to reward particu- 

 larly-induflrlous men, and to employ a 

 middling capital ; yet their number 

 fhould be inconiiderable, in proportion 

 to the number of fmaller ones. As I 

 have mentioned an hundred and fixty 

 pounds as the yearly value of the highefl 

 farms, I think it right that none fhould 

 be under thirty pounds ; and that from 

 thirty to fourfcore, the number ought to 

 be much greater than of the largeft fort ; 

 to enable induflrious fervants, who have 

 faved their wages, or whofe good conduit 

 entitles them to credit, to eftabhlh them- 

 felves, oftener than they do, in bulinefs y 

 and likewife to afford fettlements, for 

 the children of greater farmers to begin 

 the world with. Farms, varied in their 



fize. 



