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land of the country, or what is called the wheat 

 and bean land, land which cannot be properly or 

 profitably cultivated except it be fallowed occa- 

 sionally ; the poor strong land every third year, 

 and the second rate strong land not less than 

 every other course of cropping, or once in seven 

 years. I will instance this by an example which 

 will show the value of the produce on second rate 

 strong land, and the expense of obtaining it under 

 the following system of farming; fallow, wheat, 

 oats, first seeds, second seeds, wheat, beans ; a 

 system which is adopted now corn is so low, in 

 order not to have more than one dead year in 

 seven. 



The value of the produce under this course of crop- 

 ping will be . s. d. 



Fallow 



Wheat crop after fallow, 28 bush, an acre, at 40s. a qr. 700 



Oat crop ditto, 30 ditto, at 22*. do. 426 



Seeds uncertain 3 



Second year's seeds ditto 110 



Wheat after ditto, 20 bush, an acre, at 40s. a]qr. 500 



Beans ditto, 25 ditto, at 32s. do. 500 



Total value of produce 25 12 6 



The expenses of production, independent of the land- 

 lord's rent, will be first year's fallow 



Four ploughings 2 



Five harrowings, and 2 rollings 010 



Carried forward .... 2 10 

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