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the calculation then in refpedt to Mr. Billingsley'* 



plough will (land thus : 



£. s. d. 

 Six oxen, at 6d. each per day - - o 3 o 

 Ploughman and driver - - -018 



Wear and tear of plough, yokes, &e. -004 



Total £.0 5 o 



Let us fuppofe that 1 \ acre ofley, or i\ : acres of 

 ftubble, or fallow land, be ploughed each day, the 

 expence of the former will not then exceed 3s. 4d. 

 per acre, and of the latter 2s. per acre.-— Is not 

 this improvement worthy the attention of all far- 

 mers \ — And are not the thanks of the public due 

 to the pcrfon who has been initrumental in bring- 

 ing forward to view a reduction of expences in 

 ploughing, which cannot be eftimated at lefs than 

 2s. 6d. per acre ? 



Farmer Sully's account may be thus ftated : 



£. s.'d. 

 Three horfes, at o,d. per day each - - o 2 3 

 Ploughman and man driver* ----024 

 Wear and tear of plough, harnefs, fboeing, 



&c. fay only ------.-005 



£-0 5 o 



But as a boy might have guided the horfes, I will 

 confider the expence at 4s. 6d. per day j and herein 



* This is properly remarked, as from an ill-judged policy in the farmer, a 

 man-driver was employed, inflcad of a boy, that the herfes might be con- 

 ftantly kept to their greatcit fpecd. 



I think 



