r, and are
thus silently dedicated, as it were, to His name.

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The allotment system has not hitherto, I believe, been tried to any
extent in the manufacturing districts. Mr. James Marshall, and Mr. Gott,
of Leeds have begun to try it; but I think it is but recently; and that
there has not yet been time to ascertain the result of the system. I
cannot but think, however, that it will be found more beneficial in
manufacturing, than even in rural, districts. Let us enumerate some of
the probable advantages. It would form an additional means of
support--it would tend to endear home to the working man--it would
provide a pleasing change of employment for him in good times--it would
render him not so listless when out of work--and it would give him
knowledge, an additional topic of conversation, and an interest in
various things which he might never, otherwise, have felt the least
concern for. Moreover, it amuses and occupies the little ones in a
family; and it leaves less temptation for parents to employ children too
early, in factories or workshops, when they can find something else for
them to do which may be profitable. In this respect, indeed, any
improvement in domestic comfort, or any additional domestic pursuit, is
likely to be beneficial, as it enlarges the sphere of household duties,
and creates more reasons for the wife and children being left at home.
Again, as there is hard labour to be done in a garden, this allotment
system might occasionally prevent the sense of an almost unnatural
dependence being so much exhibited, or felt, when the children are
employed in some factory, and the grown up people are not. This is one
of the greatest evils that at present attend the state of manufactures.
Some of the advantages which I have reckoned above, as likely to be
connected with the allotment system, are trifling things; but small
impulses, all tending one way, may lead to great results. The main
objection which, I suppose, will be taken, is that to make allotments in
crowded districts is scarcely practicable. Some beginning, however, has
been made at a place so crowded as Leeds, and at any rate, in any future
building arrangements, room might be left for allotments of land, which
would also secure many advantages with respect to the sanitary condition
of the people. It may be remarked, too, that any manufacturer, who
possessed cottages with allotments to them, would h