l8oo. cf the County of Northumherland. 433 



*• It would then fend to market yearly, at the lowed computa" 

 tion, 



74 cwt. of beef. 

 8 quarters of oats. 

 And 5 ditto of wheat. 



" From this view of the fubjeft, it appears, that if oxen were uni- 

 verfally ufed for the draught, in the room of horfes, there would be 

 a confiderable defalcation in the fupply of the markets both in corn 

 and animal food *. And the lofs to the farmer, would be the pro- 

 fit derived from the produce ; which, by the ufual mode of allowing 

 one third for the farmer's profit, would, in this cafe, be about lol.'* 



The above is the mod covreci ftatement upon this import- 

 ant fubjedl that we have feen. The advocates for oxen are 

 conftantly calling for facts ! Here they are to their hand. 

 Indeed we have always confidered the general praftice of lay- 

 ing oxen afide, where hufbandry was actively carried on, as 

 the ftrongeft proof of their inutility. 



The obftacles to improvements are ftated to be, ** Letting 

 no leafes, or leafes for five or feven years." The lofs which 

 the country fuftains from fuch pernicious condudt, is clearly 

 elucidated. The payment of tithes in kind, is likewife brought 

 forward as an obftacle to the advancement of agriculture ; and 

 it affords us great fatisfadion to find, that the fentiments we 

 have conftantly maintained upon this branch of political eco- 

 nomy, are fo ably fupported by fuch eminent and judicious 

 agriculturifts. We have long confidered it as an axiom, That 

 the wafte lands cannot be cultivated, unlefs this ancient, but 

 permcious burden is previoufly commuted. This is in izQ: 

 done under every inclofure-bill which is pafied into a law, as 

 an allotment in lieu of tithe is fet apart for the impropriator. 

 Where tithe is regularly drawn, it is not fimply iol. per 

 cent, upon the produ(5l of the grouiid, but 10/. ^er cent, upon 



N n 4 the 



• In \n< rci:!it-, it is cllnatcd, that thtre are capable of culti a • ift 

 Soo,ooo acres ; and allowing one third of this to be in tillage, that is, 266,666 

 acres, and that eveiv 50 acres in tillage will require a team to iranage it pro- 

 perly ; of courfe, there will be at icalt S^^^ teams ; but, for the fake of round 

 numbers, callir 5000 teams: 



Then 50CO X ^^crtts. beef =37,500 cwts of beef, at 308. - 56,250" 



5000X8 qr». oats rr 40,cco qr^.. of oats, at l6s. - 32,000 



5000 X 5 I""* wheat = 25,000 qrs. ot wheat, at 40s. • 50,000 



138,250 



— the value in prov'fions that would be loft to this couBtry yearly, if horfe* 

 tenuis were abolilhed, and oxen ufed in th«ir ilcad. 



