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that lite territory being- limited, the last orlnncr which 

 will l»e brought into cultivation will be as fertile as 

 Hie first i;uid cultivated, and that then capital will lie 

 abundant and profits on e;q»ifal tad stoek small. 

 Hut ihis will be the e fleet of the population haviug 

 then no more land to choose from. 



In & previous part of this Pap v it has been shewn 

 that the population, altho* diiefly auricu!. oral, i» yet 

 supplied with numerous other sources of gain than 

 x ihat derived fmm the soil. Bd long. a* these keep 

 open, and increasing cultivation draws more iargely 

 on tbe 'labouring class to supply the new ranks of 

 farmers, the price «f tabor will not full beloW;*«K 

 probably rise considerably f >r a while, abore its pre- 

 sent averape rate. 



Were these sources cut off, which is a venjr impi*- 

 baluV supposition, Hie chances being in favor of an in- 

 crease to them, the lal*or market would be so glutted 

 as to reduce the price of labor to the lowest jHiasible 

 scale. For tltose who ik>w live comfortably, and even 

 •f.)'r natives luxuriously, on the means .derived from 

 these sources, in addition to the produce of their land, 

 -would I* thrown for .subsist*. uce entirely on that 



produce. * 

 It is during seed-time and harvest that labor is in 

 greatest demand. But improvements in cultivation 

 ^•ou!d diminish the demand considerably, Farmers 

 all over the world have, at one period or other, been 

 ulMi; at* . prejudiced or supine, awl have but slowly 

 and suspiciously followed in the tract of improve- 

 ment. If the prudence of a few ryot* who have al- 

 lowed themselve-* to bo convinced of the su pertority 

 of the sickle over tbe riuggum will l*e geucr ally imi- 

 tated, this one improvement or saving alone, will ma- 

 terially redtice the price of labor and add to profits, 

 for there are no" manufactures here sufficient to absorb 



