553 



Cultivation of Graf$-Land.~~ Grazing* Pnfits of. 



the goodnefs of the fyftem, and the excellence or fuperiority of management thafc 

 is pradtifed. It has been obferved, in fpeaking of Romney Marlh grazing, thae 

 no regular method can be adopted in that fort of managment, and that the profits 

 of no two graziers are perfectly &quot; alike on the fame given quantity of land, &quot; nor 

 could they be &quot; upon the fame land,&quot; as years, prices, and abilities differ with 

 each individual.* It is confequently impofllble to give any flatements that can be 

 generally applicable.^ 



* Price in Annals of Agriculture, vol. XXI. 



f In Somerfetfhire the profit of grazing is thus Hated by Mr. Billingfley; after obferving that a grazier 

 occupying two hundred acres of land may fat yearly one hundred head of oxen, to which add two 

 hundred and feventy flieep and ten colts, constituting altogether a profit comfortable, but by no means 

 exorbitant* 



s. 



Dr. L. 



To rent of 200 acres, average value 



40s. an acre 400 



To tithe and taxes, fay .... 50 

 Feb. To fifty oxen, at 111. . . . 550 

 July. To fifty oxen, at 71. 350 

 To mowing and making fifty acres of 



hay, at 10s 25 



To fkimming and making fifty acres of 



fummer-leaze, at 3s 7 10 



To wages throughout the year, befidcs 



GRAZING. 

 d. 



Cr. 



L. 



Oct. By fifty oxen, at 181. . . 500 

 May. By fifty oxen, at 131. . . 650 

 By profit on feventy fheep, fummer 



kept ; 40 



By profit on ten colts .... 40 

 By profit on two hundred flieep 

 winter fatted, and fold in April 

 unfliorn , 100 



d. 

 & 

 











0. 



.1730 Q. 



the farmer s labour 

 To accidents . . , 



50 

 20 



1452 10 



To profit (intereft of capital and acci 

 dents included) 277 10 







.1730 



