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The demand of the year must depend solely on its own produce; and the price of the spring corn is not to be expected to fall very soon, or at any time very low.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke discusses the relationship between crop yield and market prices, emphasizing the impact of agricultural production on economic conditions.
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