^32 General View of the Jgrlciilture 0£l. 



*' But before any proper concliifions can be drawn, wlietlicr oa;- 

 leams or horjes are the moft eligible, it will be neccHary to confider 

 whether the quantity of land employed in fupporting thofe animals, 

 be ufed in the moft profitable mode to the community, as well as 

 the occupier. 



*' With the latter, the firft queftion for confideration is, Whe- 

 ther eight oxen uftd in the team, or in grazing, will pay him the 

 xtioft money \ 



" Suppofe eight oxen at three years old^ were put to the plough, 

 and plough fix acres per week, which, at 3s. /\A. * per acre, is 208. j 

 and if they work forty -eight weeks in a year, then their whole 

 earnings, (after deducting 61. for cxpenees of harnefs, fhoeing, 

 8ic.) will be 42I. ; but if they plough only Jive acres per iveek, 

 (which is probably nearer the truth), then their whole earnings 

 ■will be only 34!. 



** The fame oxen put to graze at the fame money, fnould im- 

 prove in value 5I. 5s. each, in the firft cafe, and 4I. 5s. in the lat- 

 ter ; but we are inclined to believe, there are few fituations, if the 

 cattle are of a good quick-feeding kind, where they wovld not 

 pay confiderahly more. 



*' In refpeft to the community, the account v;ill be nearly a* 

 follows : — 



** From the above UaLements, we Snd that an ox for fummering 



and wintering, requires - - 3t acres ; 



Therefore a fix-ox team will require - — 2 1 ditto 



And two horfes for grafo and hay per ann. 



require - - - - 7 ditto 



For corn and ftrav? - - - .4 ditta 



L.and neccffary for keeping two horfes per 



ann. - . - - — 1 1 ditto 



The difference in the qaantlty of land re-T 



quired for a team of oxenyraore than > 10 acres, 



horfes - - J 



*' Hence it appears, tliat a team of fix oxen requires ten acres 

 niore land to maintain them than a team of two horfes, whick 

 will Ao the fame work ; and, of courfe, the produce which might 

 be derived from thefe ten acres is lott to the community. Suppofe 

 it to be one half in gvaf?, the other half in tillage, then we fliali 

 have 



5 acres of clover or grafs. 

 \\ ditto of oacs. 

 \\ ditto of tui'nips, or fallov/. 

 \\ ditto of wheat. 



« It 



* If to this 3s. 4d. be added is. 8d., the wages for the ploughman and 

 cjriver, it will make 5s., the ufual price for ploughing an acre in this diflriiil. 



