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which are the moil advantageous, both to 

 individuals and to the ftate. And this 

 companion I fhall make diftinctly, under 

 the feveral heads of Live Stock, Population, 

 and Produdt. In the fcale of this compa- 

 rifon, I think it will be ftating it with more 

 precifion, to be guided by the acres rather 

 than rent ; the latter is a capricious cir- 

 cumftance, varying according to favour 

 and other extraneous caufes; whereas the 

 former always is decifive of the fize of the 

 farm. 



Refpecting the article Product, it is 

 necefTary to add, that the fair compa- 

 rifon of that lies with the general run 

 of farms, in each neighbourhood -, as the 

 average products in bufhels are not of 

 each refpective farm, but, like the gene- 

 ral fize of farms, that of the neighbour- 

 hood. 



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