text:  We have known proprietors pay half the value of a crop of potatoes as the value of the tenth; and in one case on our asking the farmer of the tenths who after all was not a bad fellow at heart though he wished to make his farming of the revenues turn out a good speculation in his hands what he would recommend a proprietor to do in order not to lose money by cultivating potatoes; he looked grave and after a few moments' thought candidly replied--"Never to plant them as long as the present law remains in force!" Vineyards which have been planted with care and cultivated for eight years have been lately abandoned as the high valuation of their produce renders them unprofitable