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to the community. Inftead of the prefent fcarcity 

 of grain, large quantities might be yearly exported; 

 and inftead of the ill-formed, poor, meagre, ftarved 

 animals that departure the commons at prefent, an 

 abundant fupply of good fat mutton would be had 

 to grace the markets of the county, and alfo to fend 

 off large fupplies to Nev/caftle, Liverpool, Man- 

 chefler, and other populous manufafturing places. 



It is difficult to fay, what would be the increafed 

 value of fuch land, under proper management ; we 

 think we cannot be wrong in dating, that it would 

 be at leafl from fix to eight times the value to the 

 proprietors; — but of what advantage would it be 

 to the publick ! 

 We have already eflimated that there are 



of improveable commons in the lower acres, 



part of the county - 150,000 



Out of this deduft for bank-fides, proper 



for planting, and other unfertile places 30,000 



There will be left for cultivation - - 120,000 



Suppofc this be put into a rotation of three 

 years tillage, and three years grafs, then 

 ^hcre will -be in tillage yearly ... 60,000 



Survey 



