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proportion of it than the fields. All the 

 farmers there have large gardens; which did 

 not seem very rich, but generally the con- 

 trary. I know, by the appearance of the 

 soil, that the land when first cleared, never 

 brought either much burthen or produce. 

 From the information I had of Mr. Single- 

 ton, in the best parts it brought not more 

 than fifteen bushels per acre : and the calcu- 

 lation is fifty pounds weight of straw to the 

 bushel ; that is, six hundred weight of straw 

 to the acre of a good crop, on a bad crop 

 only fifty pounds weight -, therefore the 

 average will not be more than three hun- 

 dred weight per acre. When the Hessian 

 fly did not destroy the wheat, and every 

 thing was what they term prospering, from, 

 five to ten bushels per acre was the produce 

 in the parts I am speaking of. The bulk 

 of straw was always very small, compared 

 with the straw produced on the lands in 

 England : indeed, during all my riding in 

 that country, I saw no wastes of any kind, 

 like those in many parts of England : and 



