j6 STATISTICAL SURVEY 



The above account fhews, that a confiderable deal 

 more than one-fourth of the county is in cultivation ; 

 the whole number of acres in the county, according to 

 Doctor Beaufort, being 467,700. 



In taking a general view of the county, this great 

 tract of cultivation does not appear to occupy fo much 

 ipacc, as what in reality is the cafe ; the reafon is, that 

 mountainy and hilly lands raeafure more to the eye, 

 than flats and low fituations, which are, of courfe, 

 chiefly occupied in culture. 



It has been (hewn, that 3 acres of oats require 60 

 ftone of feed} 86, n 2 acres will require 1,722,240 

 ftone, or 95,680 barrels, of 18 ftone to the barrel. 



Half an acre of potatoes requires 80 ftone of feed ; 

 14,352 acres, by the fame rule, will be found equal to 

 2,296,320 ftone, or 114,816 barrels, at 20 ftone to 

 the barrel. 



With refpect to the quantity of land, barley is equal 

 to potatoes, which, at fixteen- ftone to the acre for 

 feed, will be found equal to 229,632 ftone, or 14,352 

 barrels, at 16 ftone to the barrel. 



Forty gallons of flax-feed are ufually fown on an 

 acre; 10,754 acres will require 229,632 gallons, or 

 6,145 hog(heads, allowing 70 gallons to the hogfhead; 

 but this meafure is never uniform. 



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