NEAR TADCASTER. 
19 
of his materials, and his other neighbours 
to help him " with a pecuniary subscrip- 
tion. The annual sum of £"10. or £20. so 
collected in a parish, and impartially afid 
publicly given as a premium to the most 
deserving labourer in that parish (either 
to assist him in erecting his cottage, or to 
enable him to purchase his cow) would 
produce a great effect on the good habits 
of the poor ; and, while it rewarded merit, 
would stimulate others to follow the . ex- 
ample. . 
It would have other important effects. — 
It would greatly diminish parish Jtg Qod " f 
rates ;+ for he who possesses a f ects as t J 
freehold cottage and garden,, or other pa- 
a cow, has seldom, if ever, occa- rishes . ancJ to 
sion to apply for parochial re- the P ubllc - 
lief. By attaching the cottager to iiis own 
parish, it would secure to the farmer a cer- 
tain supply of labourers, and would equa- 
• When a young man in New England has saved a 
little money towards erecting his house, he applies to 
his townsmen for assistance : they fix the time, and all 
of them attend to get the building up. I have . known 
one of those houses erected and covered in, in the course 
of a few days. 
,f Landlords and farmers, who wish their own poor's 
rates reduced, would do well to inquire into the amount 
ot the poor's rates in those parishes, where labourers 
have gardens and cows. One annual rate of sixpence 
in the pound has proved fully adequate to the relief of 
the poor in such a parish. See the Earl of Winchilsea's 
letter, and some other reports, on the advantages of cot- 
tagers renting land. 
