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ofthetwofums mentioned; the arable farmer re* 

 ceiving as great a fum for the expenditure of 48I. 8s. 

 9 id. as the dairy farmer doth for his bare rent of 60L 

 without reckoning a penny for incidental expences. 



It muft be obferved, that in this ftatement no 

 allowance is made for the fmall quantity of hay 

 given to the cows with the potatoes. It muft be 

 noted alfo, that the account of cultivation is charged 

 with 40s. an acre for manure, and fome expence of 

 ploughing, which of right is chargeable to the crop 

 of wheat that is to follow. Now if we dedudl 40s. 

 an acre from the expence of Cultivating the pota- 

 toes, it reduces the fum to 4L 13s. 7 id. and the 

 whole expence then upon feven acres and a quarter 

 is only 33I. i8s. 9+d. and confequently the keep of 

 20 cows is little more than half to the occupier of 

 the arable farm, what it is to the occupier of the 

 grazing farm. If this conclufion be fairly drawn, 

 . and the calculation free from errors, as I hope and 

 believe, it is matter of the greateft importance, efpe- 

 cially to the little arable farmer. It plainly raifes 

 him from a ftate of acknowledged great inferiority, 

 to one altogether as fuperior. 



It may be faid, this calculation refpefts potatoes 

 only J how will this mode of culture anfwer when 



applied 



