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a very few inftances excepted, the more 

 population is encouraged. This is fo very 

 contrary to the notions moft common, that 

 it may be expected fomething mould be 

 offered by way of accounting for it. 



Great farmers are generally rich far- 

 mers ; and it requires no great fkill in agri- 

 culture to know, that they who have mofl 

 money in their pockets, will, upon an 

 average, cultivate the foil in the moll 

 complete manner ; good culture, in mod 

 cafes, is but another word for much labour. 

 And this ftate of the quefHon opens ano- 

 ther view of this branch of rural cecono- 

 my, which mould not be flighted: — A 

 very considerable portion of the labour of 

 a farm is of the extra kind ; all included 

 in thefe tables is the regular yearly allow- 

 ance; but improvements, and moft articles 

 of vigorous culture, are done by extra 

 hands ; witnefs, marling ; chalking ; par- 

 ing and burning j turnep hoeing ; wall- 

 ing; &c. &c. &c. confequently the great 

 farmers (the richeft men) ufe a much 

 greater proportion of this extra labour, 

 than fmaller (poorer) ones: And this re- 

 mark is not only confident with reafon, but 

 is verified by common obfervation, in every 

 county in England. 



In the next place I mould obierve, that 

 great farmers do not keep near the pro- 

 portion 



