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it; it is the nature of the foil. We have 

 found, throughout this tour, that large 

 fauns include very poor foils, which form 

 a much greater proportion of their total, 

 than of that of fmall ones ; hence, if o- 

 ther circumftances were equal, they ought 

 to yie*d much lefs crops ; fo that the ave- 

 rage product being greater, inftead of lefs, 

 fhews clearly, that the circumftance of be- 

 ing divided into great ones is alone fuffi- 

 cient more than to ballance all other ad- 

 vantages. The comparifon will appear 

 fomewhat clearer in the following ftate. 



An hundred acres of corn 1 %* 



and pulfe in farms of I 



above 300 /. a year, j ^ ■* 



yield J 



Ditto in farms to 100 /. a 7 



year, £ 3.>7 4 



This proportion is as 8 \ to 6 Jp. 



Genera! 



