ft6 Agnculiural hiUliigence—Erigland. ^<^ 



25s. 24s. 23s. and now will fcarccly brincr 213. per quarter; Oats, 

 dear, 26s. to 28s. per quarter; Winter Tares, about 7s. per bulhel ; 

 Summer Tares and Fcas will foon find a market — I mean about Can- 

 dlemas ; Kay, owing to the m.iklnefs of the fcafouy will not fell for 

 more than 4I. per tea v Turnips are fcldom Wi'\ here— tlie grower? 

 confume them with their own Itock, fhcep and lambsj^ except a few 

 who take in hogs, i. e.- lambs after they ar£ fnorn (whieh is always- 

 in the firft fummet }, from JMichaclmas to Ladyday to keep, at from 

 6s. to 8s. per h^ad. Thefe are kept on turnips (if the fanner grow 

 any), grafs, clover, and l^ay ; thub a deficiei^cy of turnips is reniedied. 

 It' is very rare indeed that any are fold by the acre. Very few people 

 would give 3L pt?r acre for good turnips ; and I do not knew a perfcn 

 who wc'tdd give 5I. per acre^ even to fave their fheep from llarving. 

 They are ail fown bro?.d-cal1:, hoed decently, and even fome twicef 

 hoed. The high price of labour is much againil us when let by the acre ;, 

 and when the work is done by the day, they are veiy remifs in their 

 liours, as well as labour. Our laws are good, but we are v<^r/ relax^ 

 in enforcing them<^ 



* The young cattle, particularly where there were watered meadowSy 

 remained out, &c. till ahnoll Cliriftraas, with ver}^ little llraw, and fome- 

 without any. They are now living in the yards upon ftraw only. ThoiV 

 eows that have calved, or are r.ear calving, have a little hay given tt» 

 them, but no tuniips^ We certainly are not occonomic-:il in the manage- 

 ment of turnips, or, which I believe is the cafe, our breed of (hecjy 

 confume more food than yours. W^e reckon 100 hogs (lambs yeaned 

 the fpring before) will *:onfume ten acres of turnips, with not a little 

 hay, and the run of a certain quantity of grafs land^ and clovers to dra\^r 

 back upon, between Michaelmas and Ladyday. 



* The young clovers appeared in the autumn- very thin ; they now 

 are much mended-; and, if not injured by the froft in the winter, will- 

 be a faving crop. The watered meadows now look delightfully ; a 

 beautiful deep verdure appears, where, a h\x weeks fmce, fcarce a blade 

 of grafs could be feen : and, if the winter continue mild, they will be 

 ready to receive the ewes and lambs by the middle of February, and, 

 by the end of March, the flock (liecp ; — all then are drove to the fold 

 upon the fallows intended for barley every niglit, the fold moved every 

 day ; — 500 iheep will thus manure an acre (Englifli) in about a week, 

 fuperior, for one feafon, to any kind of manure wiiatever ; and the fheep 

 are the healthier for it. Thofe farms, vvliich keep only wether flocks, 

 fold all the year through. The watered meadows fupport the fheep 

 till the ill or 2d v^'cek in May, and afterwards yield from ^ to 2 tons of 

 hay by the beginning and middle of July. The Ihibbles are nearly all 

 fallowed, and will, uhcn the weather permits, be drcffed down for a 

 fecond ploughing. Turnips begin to fncot out frefli ; they will, if not 

 checked by the froft, be much too forward, and not continue ufeful fo 

 long as ufual.- * 



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