260 Comparison of the Expense attending 
not included. In this situation, most farms contain a conside- 
rable proportion of meadow or old grass Jand, and which, at the 
rent stated, produces a much larger profit than the tillage ground, 
under the management detailed. Besides, the minutize of a 
farm, here, are not inconsiderable ; pigs, poultry, &c. all pro- 
ducing a profit. But what has contributed most to the farmers’ 
profits of late years, has been the very high price of grain, the 
value of the corn crops, at present, being more than one-third 
higher than charged in the estimate; so that under all cireum- 
stances, I have no reason to doubt the accuracy of the calcula- 
tions. At any rate, from the statements in both estimates being 
founded upon the same data, the result in both ought to be alike 
accurate. It is, however, to be observed, that owing to the pro- 
fits of farmers being influenced by so many circumstances, it is 
impossible, by any calculations, to ascertain them exactly. A 
larger or smaller degree of skill and attention will make a con- 
siderable difference in the profit: besides, it is to be noticed, 
that in this quarter, farms when entered upon are generally in 
a very foul and impoverished state, and in consequence of this, 
crops are defective for somie years; which, together with the 
improvements that may be necessary at that period, often occa- 
sions a loss of very considerable magnitude: interest, therefore, 
on the amount, must be deducted from the annual profits. 
In forming the foregoing estimates, the greatest difficulty I 
have experienced, has been to ascertain the quantity of straw 
sold, and the amount of money paid for dung. In the first ro- 
tation, one-half of the ground is proposed to be dunged mode- 
rately every year, viz. turnips, clover seeds, and potatoes. It is 
supposed the 335 acres of barley and cat-straw, together with 
263 wheat-straw consumed on the premises, in foddering cattle, 
littering horses, thatching of ricks, &c. will, with the profits on 
the stock foddered, produce dung for forty acres. ‘This leaves 
sixty to be provided for, and which, at 5/. 5s. (the money at 
which the proposed allowance for an acre can be brought from 
London by water) will cost 3152. as charged in the estimate. 
But from forty acres, wheat-straw being sold at 4/. 10s., 1804. 
are received towards the above sum, thereby leaving 135/. to be 
advanced yearly for this article. In the second rotation two-fifths 
of the ground are dunged yearly, viz. forty acres turnips, and 
forty clover seeds, Again, in this case, the straw of the eighty 
acres of barley and oats is supposed to produce, in the above 
way, dung for fifty acres, thereby leaving thirty to be supplied 
otherwise, and which, at 5/. 5s. per acre, amounts to 1572. 10s.; 
forty acres of wheat-straw, however, being sold at 4/. 10s. pro- 
duce 180/, thus leaving a profit of 22/. 10s. on straw. It will 
be noticed, that in the first estimate, drilled turnips are charged 
. 20s. 
