Chap. II. BY M. DE CHATE AU-VIEUX. %'7i 



NEW HUSBANDRY. 



Neat PRODUCE of the three FARMS. 



Pounds. 

 In 1754. (p. 217.) . . . - . 9341S 



1755. (p. 270.) .... 120702 



1756. (p. 272.) , . . . 111738 



Total neat produce of three years 325858 



OLD HUSBANDRY. 



Pounds. 



In 1754. (p. 217.) . . 62200 



1755- (P-270-) • . • 50516 



^IS^' (P-272-) • • 55200 



Total neat produce of three years . i6'/gi6 



" The difference in favour of the new hulbandry, 7 



in three years, amounts to . . J 5794 



" This is an objedl of great importance, not only to the public, 

 whofe welfare it highly concerns, but to every owner of land. How 

 ftrongly does it fliew the vaft advantage of the drill husbandry ! 

 We here fee 169 acres of land produce 157942 pounds of wheat 

 more than they would have done without this favourable cul- 

 ture. 



" Any one may eafily reckon the value of fuch a quantity of wheat, 

 fuppofing it to be of the very befl fort, as in fadl it was.* 



EXPERIMENT, No. XVIII. 



*• T Shall now give a fhort account of the fuccefs of another farm, 

 -*■ which I liave hitherto fowed in equally diftant rows, with the 

 drill-plough. I generally fow about 23 or 24 acrfes of it every 

 year. For the crop of 1755, I ulcd 1840 pounds of feed corn, 

 which produced 10400 pounds of grain. For the crop of 

 1756, I fowed 2772 pounds of v«'heat, the produce of which was 



N n 14560 



* Reckoning the Englifli bufliel at 62 pounds, thefe 157942 pounds will exceed 

 3?0 quarters of wheat. 



