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the respectable inhabitants of that parish, liberally
appropriated a piece of the common to be allotted
to the poor labourers, which they hired in twenty
rod parcels, at the rate of twenty-four shillings
per acre. The result has proved most advan-
tageous to the occupiers, most of them had been
accustomed to purchase twenty bushels of pota-
toes, for their families, but they now have twenty
bushels to sell. The produce of this piece of
land is of itself sufficient, to remind the govern-
ment of the good policy of encouraging the
cultivation of the waste land in this kingdom.
Without any manure whatever, the crop has been
estimated at an average between six and eight
tons per acre. They have realised a profit upon
every twenty rods, including their labours of
thirty-four shillings, taking the produce at forty
bushels, the value one shilling per bushel, after
deducting three shillings for rent and three
shillings for the sets. After this profit the land
is now in a fine state, part planted with cabbages,
and might be sown with wheat.
So many instances have been given of national
advantages to be obtained by this system, that it
is quite superfluous to add more.
After what has been said, there can be little
doubt that the high authorities quoted, and the
strong evidence adduced, must carry conviction
to every unprejudiced mind. First, that the