COMPARISON OF TIMES. 527 



and filling earth and dung the same ; but it is sufficiently" 

 obvious, that, in fadt, no such proportion holds. In the 

 article of Artisans, if the particulars are examined, there 

 •will be found a still greater disproportion in their import- 

 ance to the farmer. If these circumstances be not kept 

 in the reader's mind, he must necessarily be deceived. 



In order to attain a nearer approximation to the real 

 fa61:, or to ascertain that the view of the subjefl now given 

 be indeed accurate, it may contribute to the reader's satis- 

 faction to combine the results of the two series of replies ; 

 to take the proportions of the expenses to each other from 

 the second letter, and the rise per cent, from the first ; 

 these proportions not appearing in the first correspondence. 



The average expense of lOO acres in 1790, returned as 

 above, is: 



Rent 



Tithe 



Rates 



Wear and tear 



Labour 



Seed 



Manure 



Team 



Interest of capital 



Total - ^.341 II 3^ 



Now, if the rise upon these be estimated from the first 

 series of letters, viz. Rent 35, Tithe 58, Rates 30, Wear 

 and Tear 42, Labour 47, Manure 76, and taking the 

 advance in the articles, Seed, Team, and Interest, from 



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