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appearing, and in order to keep their land in cultivation. If 

 disappointed, and without other means, they don't pay their rents, 

 or the interest of money mortgaged upon their estates (the money 

 from the Landschaft costs only 4>l. 6s. per cent, interest and 

 charges), or their debts generally ; and the consequence too often 

 is, that their estates are put under sequestration by their creditors. 

 Did grain of any other kind pay a remunerating price, less Wheat 

 would of course be grown, but it is much the same with every 

 species of Corn, as is evident from so many of the Farmers and 

 Landholders being insolvent. The Regency could give the best 

 information on this head, as they must know how many estates 

 in the province are under sequestration, and how many farmers 

 don't pay the public burthens. In the same view could the Re- 

 gency show, what Revenue the Royal Domains yield, compared 

 with that of former times. 



It may generally be said, that the only solvent Landholders or 

 Farmers, in these parts, are those who produce something more 

 profitable than Grain. The breeding of sheep, being profitable, 

 is at present much attended to. For sheep, indeed, a certain 

 quantity of straw must be provided, and thence of Wheat or 

 Rye grown ; but the regular production of these for sale must 

 ultimately depend upon the demand for the Grain. 



Regarding the price at which Wheat could be produced, this 

 is a question of a very relative nature. It depends much upon 

 the rate of rent the Landlord ought to receive, and upon the 

 expenses of the Growers, as they ought to live, according to their 

 situation in life. At present, the rent of land for growing Wheat, 

 or other Corn, is, in most cases, little or nothing ; and the cul- 

 tivators of Corn, if they have not other means of subsistence, are 

 obliged to submit to many privations, if not reduced to absolute 

 want. A fair remunerating price for the Landlords and Culti- 

 vators must certainly be higher than the present rate ; and it 

 might be best estimated by taking the average price for a number 

 of years back, excepting years of dearth, when provisions were 

 unusually high. 



The quantity of Wheat likely to be produced at the present 

 prices, to answer foreign demand, is assuredly small, and tends 

 to decrease, excepting perhaps with those Cultivators who are 

 enabled, by Sheep-breeding or otherwise, to keep their estates 

 in cultivation, with no profit, or even with loss. At a fair remu- 

 nerating price, the quantity produced would naturally be increased ; 

 but it would always be regulated by the profit it yielded compared 

 with that on other productions of the soil, at present by the profit 

 yielded by wool. To insure an increased quantity, the price 

 must yield greater profit than other agricultural productions. 

 The supplies of Grain for a course of years, at Dantzic, Elbing, 

 Konigsburg, and Memel, compared with the prices, may probably 



