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aid me in carrying on the measures I suggest ; 

 all tending directly^ or indirectly to our com- 

 mon and grand object; — the increase of food 

 for our increasing population, or its domestic 

 animals ; — and this by the aid of the indus- 

 trious and unoccupied poor. 



Capital is possessed by few ; and it is by 

 the aid of numbers the greatest measures are 

 most successfully carried. Instead, therefore, 

 of calling upon capitalists^ I endeavour to 

 rouse into action, the mass of proprietors, 

 interested in the fields upon the improvement 

 of which I call for their exertions. 



I have no rivalry v/ith capitahsts, nor the 

 other skilful agriculturists, now in possession 

 of the rich cultivated area, so extensive!}^ 

 spread over our islands ; — I meddle with none 

 of it; — I leave it with confidence in these 

 able hands, and trust that by attention to the 

 suggestions and examples of Mr. Curweis^, 

 and such wdse speculators, and skilful prac- 

 tioners, we shall see that area improved and 

 extended, as far as ingenuity and merit, aided 

 by capital, can enable it to reach. 



I request to be considered only as an hum- 

 ble coadjutor, labouring to increase our stock 

 of animal and vegetable food from a different 



