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hundred acres, part after turnips and part after potatoes : the 

 former, which had been boned, looked the best. A part of the 

 land had been prepared by a presser, (a kind of roller used to 

 give solidity to light soils,) and this was decidedly superior to 

 the remainder. Most of the wheat was put in with drilling 

 machines, of which there were two used, one sowing at 

 greater intervals than the other. Some of the wheat upon 

 the pressed land, after turnips, was the finest we have seen. 

 The farmer expected it to yield forty bushels of seventy 

 pounds each, but would consider an average of thirty, 

 from the hundred acres, a very good crop. He said the 

 average crop of the county was thought to be but eighteen 

 and a half bushels. 



Walked through some pastures and a grass-field, and 

 examined the hay in stacks ; mostly rye-grass. The hay-fields 

 yielded one to two and a quarter tons an acre, the average 

 being under two tons. It took about four days to cure it 

 after cutting, and the whole cost of hay-making was about 

 four dollars an acre. Hay from the stack, of the best quality, 

 would sell at this time in the city of Hereford for twelve 

 dollars a ton. 



The rent of this farm was seven dollars and a half an acre ; 

 tithes, one dollar and a quarter an acre ; road-rates, seventy 

 cents an acre ; all paid by the farmer, together with poor- 

 rates and other burdens. 



A good pair of sound, well-broken, but rather light, cart 

 horses, cost here $185 ; horse-cart, 800 ; harness and gear 

 for each horse, $12. A smith will keep a horse shod for $5 

 a year. Insurance of horses in the Royal Farmers Company, 

 2^ per cent, of value per annum. 



After taking tea at the farm-house, our kind guide, Brother 

 , made ready to depart by stuffing some tracts, publi 

 cations of the Brethren, mostly of a meditative character, into 

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