After small proprietors, however, rich and great farmers are in every country the principal improvers.

然而，在小业主之后， 富农和大农在每个国家都是主要的改良者。

In Europe, the law of primogeniture, and perpetuities of different kinds, prevent the division of great estates, and thereby hinder the multiplication of small proprietors.

在欧洲，长子继承法和各种永续继承法阻止了大财产的分割，从而阻碍了小业主的繁殖。

Compare the present condition of those estates with the possessions of the small proprietors in their neighbourhood, and you will require no other argument to convince you how unfavourable such extensive property is to improvement.

将这些地产的现状与他们附近的小业主的财产进行比较，您将不需要其他论据就可以使您相信如此庞大的财产对改善是多么不利。