.... facilitates the division of labour;
.... .... the succession of crops, or division of time;
.... .... reproduction, by economizing the investment of fixed capital;
.... .... the economy of convertible husbandry;
.... .... the improvement of soils by manuring, irrigation, &c.;
.... .... the improvement of implements of husbandry;
.... .... the improvement of breeds of live stock.
Large capitals also provide for the prevention of famine, by furnishing a variety of food; and for the regular supply of the market, by enabling capitalists to wait for their returns.
Large capitals are therefore preferable to an equal aggregate amount of small capitals, for two reasons, viz.
they occasion a large production in proportion; and they promote, by means peculiar to themselves, the general safety and convenience.