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there successfully brought into use, would ra- 

 pidly hi* adopted throughout the country. To 

 put the liberality of the project out of all doubt, 

 a manufactory for such purposes on the spot 

 would be a national benefit ; where the indus- 

 trious but indigent laborer might be supplied, 

 at half-price, with the best adapted tool for the 

 work on which he might be employed. The 

 sacrifice of one thousand pounds by the land- 

 lord would soon save such a sum to each farmer 

 as would repay any advance of rent, with which 

 the lands in the neighbourhood of such dis- 

 tinguished and valuable improvements might 

 be fairly charged. The labor of a horse would 

 thus soon be saved on a moderate sized farm, 

 the expense of which cannot be stated at less 

 than fifteen pounds per annum the substitution 

 of the spade for the shovel would double the 

 work of each individual, and lead the way to an 

 advance of w r ages, and augmentation of comfort 

 to the lower classes^ Should it be objected, 

 that, in a country' where work is scarce, this 

 improved mode would have the effect of throw- 

 ing more individuals than at present out of 

 employ I beg leave to reply, that the in- 

 creased demand of manual labor, consequent 

 on the introduction of every species of im- 

 provement, would be greater than could be 

 met by the facilities afforded in the use of the 



