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Of other matters on which depend the establishment.
and increase of this state and kingdom 1.

_That farming and stock raising be encouraged._ First: It should be brought to his Majesty's attention that, up to this time, this country has had no adequate means of support--whether in estates, farming, stock-raising, or anything else that sustains and enriches countries; but that its first settlers came only to conquer and subdue what little there is, and that afterward all thought and care were transferred to traffic and gain.

On this account all the country has remained uncultivated and unsettled; and it is necessary that an earnest effort be made to maintain what we now hold.

To this end his Majesty should undertake to send every year from Castilla, Nueba Espana, or elsewhere, eight or ten married farmers with daughters; his Majesty should pay the expenses of their voyage and settlement here, and provide here their houses and farm implements, and grant them other favors; and for this should issue very particular commands.