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almofl incredible; and the havock they make 

 at the time corn is ripening is aftonifhing. By 

 alighting upon it in flocks, they prefs it down 

 in fuch a manner as to deftroy a much greater 

 quantity than they eat. In fhort, pigeons are 

 as deftrudlive amongft corn as pigs* 



Ail other domeftic fowls being kept more for 

 pleafure than profit, it is needlefs to mention 

 them. 



SECTION LXXXL 



^The neceffity of Improvements in Agriculture : the 

 great Advantage thence ariftng to Individuals , 

 and to the Public at large, 



THE neceflity of improving this primary 

 and moft ufeful art, by which we exift (for we 

 mud ultimately depend upon the produce of 

 the earth for fupport), has been too recently- 

 proved by the large fums of money fent out of 

 the kingdom for corn, which might with (o 

 much advantage to the community have been 

 raifed upon a fmall portion of the uncultivated 



waftes 



