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On the contrary, were the whole in the 

 hands of men of large capitals, a greater 

 fcarcky might be experienced, in autumn 

 and the early part of winter, than there is 

 under the prefent diftribution of farm 

 lands. 



I do not mean to convey, that the pre- 

 fent diftribution of farm lands is perfect, 

 or precifely what it ought to be, in a poli- 

 tical point of view. Neverthelefs, it might 

 be highly improper, in Government, to 

 interfere in the difpofal of private property. 

 It is therefore to the conflderation of pro- 

 prietors of eftates I beg leave to offer the 

 following principle of management, in the 

 tenanting of their refpedlive eflates : 

 namely, that of not entrufling their lands, 

 whether they lie in large or in fmall farms, 

 in the hands of men who have not capital 

 iTcJlland induftry, taken jointly^ to cultivate 

 ^hem, with profit, to themfelves and the 

 f ommunity ; nor of fuffering any man, let 

 his capital l^e what it may, to hold more 

 land, than he can pcrfonally fuperintend ; 

 fo as to pay the requifite regard to the 

 ininutirp of cultivation. 



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