AGRICULTURAL.

Small Farms VS.. Large.
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Small farms are certainly more ea-
silly improved than large ones, and
while the fertility Of the soil is there-
by increased the remuneration, the
net gain is in the inverse ratio, to its
size, when compared with larger ones
ofequal fertility. am clearly ofthe
opinion if man have 500 acres in
one body, that his best policy is to do
with it, as Solomon .adjudged, when
the child was claimed by two mothers
cut it in halyes-aud If he cannot
sell a moily, or cultivate it advanta-
geously, he had better give it away.
A vast proportion Of the debts for
which agricalturalists are bound, ari,
ses from the perchase Of more land.
1t is somewhat Of a mania, l admit,
among the good people Of Maryland,
which can only be abated by the stern
enforcement Of contracts, and by the
conviction that large possessions of
land in the hands ofthe same person.
never benefit the country, and seldom
the individual. Had l my little time
TO live over again, l would not add
an additional acre to my patrimonal
estate.-M. Sellean.