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to one, if only half that quantity Were fown, and 

 this would be a very fine produce. 



M. LiNGUET has, I think, gone tod far in fup- 

 pofing that the culture of wheat requires more time 

 than it really does. One arpent of wheat requires 

 no more than four days* labour in the year for fow- 

 ing, two for reaping, and the fame for manuring; 

 let us then reckon fix for threfhing, and two for 

 grinding itj and this, in the whole, makes fixteen 

 days, which is all that it requires. Let us then 

 fuppofe a family, confiding of fix perfons, (three 

 men and three women) three arpents would fupply 

 them with more corn than would be fufficient for 

 their fuftenance, and would require only forty-eight 

 days* work J and even of thefe forty- eight days, it 

 would be only thofe of harveft that would employ 

 the women -, thofe of cleaning, weeding, or hailing, 

 if necefiary, would employ them but two, and they 

 would have nothing to do with the fowing or ma- 

 nuring. The grinding and baking take up but 

 little of the men's attention, neither would they be 

 always employed in the other three parts of th'e 

 work; therefore all the remainder of 4:heir time may 

 be employed in other occupations. I am well 

 aware, that if more land be cultivated, it will 

 ncceflarily reqiiirc more time, although the time 



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