the English and Scotch Systems of Husbandry. 261 
20s. per acre higher than the broadeast in the second ;- and this 
difference in favour of drilling, it is presumed, any one acquainted 
with the greater produce that is got in that way, will admit to 
be fair. To one not acquainted with the climate of this country, 
it may appear, that the obtaining of a crop of turnips after tares 
or rye cut for soiling, is impracticable; but when it is known, 
that the time most approved for sowing turnips here, is from the 
middle to the end of July, and that in this case, the ground is 
supposed to be perfectly clean, there will then no longer appear 
any difficulty. 
April 24, 1813. isbeteail 
Explanatory Letter from the same. 
Sir,—Of the 60 acres of straw stated to be consumed at 
home, the 262 acres of wheat are estimated at 3 loads of 11 ewt. 
2 quarters Slbs. or 34 cwt. 2 quarters 24 lbs. per acre; and the 
334 acres of barley and oats, at 24 loads, or 28 ewt. 3 quarters 
20 lbs. This makes 163 loads, or 94 tons 6 cwt. 16lbs. Be- 
sides, it was omitted to be noticed, that of the 40 acres of 
wheat-straw, sold at 4/, 10s. an acre, two loads only of the 
most marketable were supposed to produce that sum, so that 
40 loads from this source are to be added to the above, thereby 
making 203 loads, or 117 tons Y'ewt. The quantity of dung 
applied to an acre, ov an average, is 12 tons nearly, say 10 
for turnips, 10 for clover seeds, and 15 for potatoes. Upon 
this calculation 40 acres will require 466% tons, and which the 
above 203 loads of straw are supposed to produce in the follow- 
ing way: first, eight horses will require for litter two trusses 
per day, or about 20 loads per annum. ‘This with the hay, 
clover, corn, &c. used by*the horses, is estimated to produce 
69 tons, or dung for five acres. Of the remaining 183 loads, it 
is sipposed about 53 may be required for thatching of ricks, 
cows, pigs, &c. littering, and that the other 130 shall he used in 
foddering stock. The 153 loads used in this way, it is assumed, 
will produce at least 253 tons, or dung for twenty acres; and 
the profits on the stock foddered will procure the quantity re- 
quired for the remaining fifteen acres. A load of straw will pay 
at least 12s, 6d. by taking cattle in to fodder, and this sum on 
130 produces 812. 5s, being fifty shillings more than is to pur- 
chase dung for fifteen acres at 5/. 5s. Having given this ex- 
planation of the first calculations on the above subject, I think 
it unnecessary to state any thing regarding the second, as the 
same observations are applicable to both. It may be proper to 
observe, that though I have reason to believe that the above esti- 
mate of 60 acres of straw, producing dung for 40 in the way 
stated, to be correct, yet as I have not had sufficient practice to 
prove it by the test of experiencé, I cannot pledge myself for its 
accuracy. 
