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In the practice of agriculture recomniended 

 in this Work, more hands are neceffary : there- 

 fore it is my wilh to find them, and of fuch a 

 defcription as are now idle, or at lead have 

 not work to go to. I do not mean to at- 

 tempt to make the man work who can live 

 without it : but the poor people would find 

 themfelves of more confequence if they were 

 in employ — and indeed fo they adlually would 

 be. It is reafonable that every one upon a 

 farm, or in the parilh, iliould work for his liv- 

 ing; and that according to the old faying, the 

 farmer fhould *' keep no more cats than will 

 moufe.'' To be fure, if a man works himfelf 

 as a farmer, it is good : but it is much better 

 where he fo calculates his matters as to make 

 every one that is liable to partake of his induf- 

 try to earn their own bread and his like wife. 

 The mafter of any extenfive bufinefs gains 

 more money by his head than by his hands, 

 in duxding othefs to execute their tafk pro- 

 perly : but, to do that, he fhould have a per- 

 fedt knowledge of it himfeif, ctherwife he will 

 cut but a poor figure. 



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