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munity would have a return from it, at least equal to what I

For remarks,&c.

shall here state.

8,000 acres in wheat, at z0 bushels per acre, and 58. a bushel 3— 140, 000 10,000— in barley, at 30 bushels, and 38.- 48,000

1500— for oats, for horses employed in agri- culture only 3- 14,000— of turnips, clover, and artificial grasses, &c. at 7)2. 108. 3 3 5,000 6500— meadow, exclusive of what the farm- ing horses consume, at(. 108. 16,250

Annual value of produce from was r Es,&c. in Berks(136, 250

By the foregoing statement, there appears a produce, worth upwards of( 125,000 lost annually in the small county of Berk- shire only! But let the reffection be carried still farther, by considering, that bread, and beer corn, sufficient for nearly 30,000 people, might be thus created; and also an increase of work, that would give full employment to every individual, that is now taxing the landed interest for support.*

Combining, therefore, the advantages that may be effected from the cultivation of the waste land, with those I have already recommended, it is not hyperbolical to assert, that Berkshire has immediate resources in itself, sufficient to support, and employ, an increase of nearly oNxE-PouRTH OF ITs PRESENT PoOPU- LATION.

* A proportionate quantity of the waste land, might be applied to the growth of those most important articles, hemp and flax; and independent ofthe advantages the state must derive from the extension of sovaluable a pro- duction, the demand for hands to manufacture it, in time of war, would be great, and divert, in some measure, that stagnation of employment amongst

manufacturers, that we always experience during hostilities.

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