[ <44 I 



corn*, but gives no profit in return. No 

 article of ufeiul confumption is promoted 

 by fuch extra horfes; no induftrious hands 

 employed by them ; in fhort, in every light 

 the object can be viewed, the keeping fuch 

 numbers of ufelefs ones is a mod pernicious 

 conduct to agriculture, to the landlord, and 

 to the public. 



In the comparifon between horfes and 

 oxen, the balance of opinions is much in 

 favour of the latter. In thofe countries, 

 where both are ufed, and where the com- 

 parifon has been accurately made, oxen 

 have been found preferable, in every re- 

 fpect, but that of fpeed ; and even in that 

 article their inferiority amounts to nothing 

 more, than being two hours in a day 

 longer at work than horfes : they perform 

 the fame quantity every day, and in a bet- 

 ter manner. Their being cheaper, in all 

 refpecl:s, is allowed every where : and yet, 



* Whenever I fpeak of the exportation of corn, it 

 is relative to what was our policy, not to the wretched 

 fyftem of eternally flopping the export upon every mob 

 that infefts the fheet ; or every mob-addrefs that de- 

 mands pernicious meafures. Wheat is now, withia 

 fifteen miles of the capital, at 45. 3 d. a bufhel. 

 Through all the eaftern part of the kingdom every 

 fort of corn is a drug ; much bailey at Ss. a quarter ; 

 fome oats a guinea a lalt ; but no exportation. No 

 trade will bear fuch rough ufage as our corn trade has 

 received of late years : It was once our boait — but 

 now our folly. 



not with- 



