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BRITISH HUSBANDRY. 



[Ch.VIII. 



would leave a balance, exclusive of profit on the feeding of stock, of 

 2S6L 15<. for the discharire of rent, tithes, and parochial assessments. 

 This m;iy appear large ; but, upon land of that description, these charges 

 may be fairly estimated at full forty shilHngs f)er acre, and the residue would 

 only afford a living profit to the farmer, including the interest of his 

 capital, even were the prices of wheat to be maintained, and were he 

 secured against accidents, or the chance of bad crops. 



FIFTY ACRES OF GOOD TURNIP AND BARLEY SOIL. 



Produce. 

 A. R. P. 

 6 1 Wheat, 27 busht-ls per 



acre, ;it 60s, jier qr. £63 

 Rye or stubble turnips, 

 33s, per acre . . 10 



6 1 Swedes, at lOO*', per 



acre . . . .31 



6 1 Barley, 40 busliels per 



acre, at 3'2s. per qr. 50 

 Rye or stubble turnips, 



at 33s. per acre . 10 6 



6 1 



Peas 28 bushels per 



acre, at 40s. per qr. 43 15 



Brush turnips, at 35s. 



per acre . . . 10 18 

 6 1 Barley, 40 bushels at 



40s. per qr. . . 50 

 6 1 Tares, at 105s. per acre 32 16 



Turnips at 70s. per acre 21 17 



6 1 Barley as above . . 50 

 6 1 Clover, mown twice, 

 52 cwt. per acre, at 

 63s. per ton . . 51 3 



Amount of Produce £425 14 4 



Outgoings. 



Tillau;e, 18s.; seed and drilling, 

 23s. 6d.; reaping, harvesting, 

 Ike. 16s. 6d. ; stacking, 

 thrashing, and marketing, 

 22s. per acre 



Tillage, seed, sowing of green 

 food, or rye, or stubble 

 turnips, at 19s. per acre 



Fallow for turnips, 60s. ; mixing 

 and carting dung, 12s.; seed, 

 sowing, and hoeing, 14s. per 

 acre 



Tillage, equal to three plough- 

 ings, 36s.; seed and driliuig, 

 16s.; harvesting, 12v. (id.; 

 thrashing and marketing, 

 20s \ 



Tillage, seed, and sowing of 

 stubble turnips, or rye, I9s. 

 per acre 



Tillage, 36s. ; mixing and cart- 

 ing dung, 12s. ; seeding and 

 drilling, 18s. ; hoeing, 

 10s. 6d. ; harvesting, 12.?.; 

 thrashing, 12s. per acre 



Tillage, seed, and sowing of 

 turnips, 19s 



Tillage, as before .... 



Tillage of tares, 18s. ; seed 



and sowing, 18s. ; soiling, 5s. 



jier acre 



Tillage for turnips, 36s.; seed, 



drilling and hoeing, 10s. 6d.; 



carting dung, 12s. per acre 

 Tillage, as before 

 Clover seed, 7s. 6d. per acre ; 



harvesting 16 tons 5 cwt. at 



7s, Gd. per ton 

 Prepared manure, 79s. per acre 



£25 3 H 

 5 18 9 



26 17 6 



26 



8 lA 

 18 9 



31 8 li 



18 9 

 8 H 



12 16 3 



Total outgoings £241 17 6 



EFFECTS OF CROPPING. 



It can hardly be doubted, that the land is in certain regular degrees im- 

 poverished in proj)ortion to the crops which are grown upon it: thus, after 

 a fine crop of wheat, an abundant one of spring corn is seldom obtained ; 

 and in the triennial rotation of grain and fallow, a good spring crop is rarely 

 succeeded bv a heavy production of winter corn. On this, it has been 

 suggested by Von Thaer, that, were this law of nature maturely inquired 

 into, it might lead to measures by which abundant crops might be produced 

 in years which, in the ordinary course of cultivation, might be expected to 



