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Article XVIII. 



Culture^ Expences^ and Produce of Six Acres of Potatoes, 

 being a fair Part of near Seventy Acres y raifcd ly 

 John Billingsley, efq; for which the Society's Premium 

 •was granted him in the year 1 784. 



EXPENCES. £. s. d, 



PLOUGHING an oat-Ilubble, in Oa. 1783, at 



4s. per acre — — — — 140 



Crofs-ploughing in March 1784 — l 40 



Harrowing 2s. per acre — ^— — o 12 o 



180 cart-loads of compofl: manure, 3I. per acre — 18 00 

 42 facks of feed potatoes (each fack weighing 2401b.) 



of the white fort - — lO 10 o 



Cutting the fets, 6d. per fack ■ — i i o 



Setting on ridges eight feet wide (leaving an interval 



of two feet for an alley) 6d. for every 20 yards 10 12 o 



Hoeing at 5s. per acre — — ' i 10 o 

 Digging up the two- feet interval, and throwing the 



earth on the plants, at 10s. per acre —300 



Digging up the crop at 8d. for every 20 yards in length, 



the breadth being eight feet — — — 14 6 o 

 Labour and expence of fecuring in pits, wear and tear 



of baflcets, ftraw, reed, fpikes, &c. los, per acre 3 00 



Rent 61. Tithe 30s. ' — — 7 10 o 



PRODUCE. 



9 o 



600 facks of bed potatoes, at 4s. per fack — 120 00 



120 facks of middle-fized, 3s. 6d. — • —— 21 00 



50 of fmall, 2s. I » ■ 5 00 



N. B. Each fack 2401b. ■ 



146 00 



Expences 72 90 



Profit £.71 M o 



