en a fmall Portion of Arable Land. 233 



barn, of the (impleft and cheapeft conftruetion, may be of 

 life, not only for threfhing the crop, but alio for f ecu ring the 

 hay, and making it to more advantage, in cafe the feafort 

 fllould prove unfavourable : if the corn is put up in fmall 

 itacks, the barn may be made of very moderate dimenfions. 



IX. Rent, and Balance of Income. 



The rents of cottages and of iand vary fo much in different 

 parts of the kingdom, that it is difficult to aicertam an ave- 

 rage. But if the cottage dial! be fiated at £.3 per annum, 

 the land at 25 s. per acre, and the orchard at 105. the whole 

 will not exceed £. 7 15 s. The cottager will alio be liable to 

 the payment of fome taxes, fay to the amount of £*i £ s. 

 more. Hence the total deductions would be about- £ .9, 

 leaving a balance in favour of the cottager of £.37 9.?. 6d» 

 Confidering the cheap rate at which he is furniihed with a 

 quantity or potatoes, equal to feveral months confumption, 

 and with milk for his children, furely, with that balance, he 

 can find no difficulty not only in maintaining himfelf and 

 family in a ftyle of comfort, but alfo in placing out his chil- 

 dren properly, and laying up a fmall annual furplus, that 

 will render any parifh ailiftauce, whether in ficknefs or old 

 age, unneeefiary ; and thus he will be enabled to preferve 

 that manly and independent fpirit which it fo well becomes 

 a Britifh cottager to po fiefs *. 



CONCLUSION. 



Advantages of the fropofed Sjficm. 



I fhall now endeavour briefly to explain fome of the ad- 

 vantages, which may be looked for with confidence from the 

 propofed fyftem. 



In the firft place, the land pofleffed by the cottager would 

 be completely cultivated, and rendered as productive as pof- 

 fible. The dung produced by the cow, the pigs, Sec. would 

 be amply fufficient for the three roods under turnips and po- 

 tatoes; which would afterwards produce, 1. Tares, 2. Barley, 

 and 3. Clover; with a mixture of rye grafs, in regular fuc- 

 cefiion, without any additional manure. The barley mould 

 yield at leaft eighteen bufliels, beiides three bufhels tor feed ; 

 and if wheat or oats are cultivated, in the fame proportion. 

 The milk, deducting what may he neceflary for the calf, and 

 for the cottager's family, might be fold in its original Mate, 

 if there fhall be a market lor it, or converted into butter, 



* The different expenfe of fuel in the various diftritts wilj, it ib evi- 

 dent, greatly affeit the aanual iurplus. 



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