Orders of Dartigoyte, Flor?al 23, 25, and 29.
[89] Ibid., AF., II., 147. (Orders of Maignet, Avignon, Prairial 2.)
[90] Moniteur, XXIII., 397 (Speech by Dubois-Cranc?, May 5, 1795.)
"The Committee on Commerce (and Supplies) had thirty-five thousand
employees in its service."
[91] Archives Nationales, AF., II., 68. (Orders of the Committee of
Public Safety, Prairial 28.) Decret of Messidor 8, year II. "All
kinds of grain and the hay of the present crop are required by the
government." A new estimate is made, each farmer being obliged to
state the amount of his crop; verification, confiscation in case of
inaccurate declarations, and orders to thrash out the sheaves. -
Dauban, 490. (Letter of the national agent of Villefort, Thermidor
19.) Calculations and the reasoning of farmers with a view to avoid
sowing and planting: "Not so much on account of the lack of hands as
not to ruin oneself by sowing and raising an expensive crop which,
they say, affords them small returns when they sell their grain at so
low a price." Archives Nationales, AF., II. 106. (Letter of the
national agent in Gers and Haute-Garonne, Flor?al 25.) "They say here,
that as soon as the crop is gathered, all the grain will be taken
away, without leaving anything to live on.
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