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tity with any other kind of grain which I sowed; I might 

 add, more. Cows may be bought at about 3 sterling per 

 head. Cattle for slaughter vary from Ql/^d. to 4%d. sterling 

 per pound, the former being the current price in summer, the 

 latter in the winter or spring. Sheep at 12s. sterling per 

 head; and wool at about Is. sterling per pound. I am not 

 able to give you the price of labor, as the land is cultivated 

 here wholly by slaves, and the price of labor in the towns is 

 fluctuating, and governed altogether by circumstances. 



Give me leave to repeat my thanks for your attention to 

 me, and your polite offer to execute any business relating to 

 husbandry, which I may have in England ; and to assure you, 

 that I shall not fail to apply to you for whatever I may have 

 occasion for in that line. I am, Sir, with very great esteem, 

 &c. 



P.S. I observe in the sixth volume of your &quot; Annals,&quot; there 

 is a plate and description of Mr. Winlaw s mill, for separat 

 ing the grain from the heads of corn. Its utility or inutil- 

 ity has, undoubtedly, been reduced to a certainty before this 

 time; if it possesses all the properties and advantages men 

 tioned in the description, and you can, from your own knowl 

 edge, or such information as you entirely rely on, recom 

 mend it as a useful machine, where laborers are scarce, I 

 should be much obliged to you to procure one for me, to be 

 paid for and forwarded by Mr. Welch, provided it is so 

 (simple in its construction, as to be worked by ignorant per 

 sons, without danger of being spoiled (for such only will 

 manage it here), and the price of it does not exceed 15, as 

 mentioned in the &quot; Annals,&quot; or thereabouts. 



