j8o TRAVELS THROUGH 

 owner's clear profit does not exceed 5!. or 

 61. All the enquiries I make in this point 

 convince me, that, however beneficial this 

 culture is to the kingdom, the owner's pro- 

 fit bears no proportion to his expences. 

 About Nancy, their arable lands are all in 

 the fmall culture; yet fome of them, I re- 

 marked, "had the appearance of being as 

 well ploughed and managed as any I faw in 

 Beauce ; but, all through this country, the 

 fmall culture is prevalent. The management, 

 like that of the great, is, fallowing for 

 wheat, which yields about two quarters an 

 acre, and then taking oats or barley, which 

 feldom exceed two and a half, or three ; the 

 owners make a much better profit from 

 their meadows, their artificial grafTes, and 

 other plants, than they do from corn ; yet 

 cannot they extend thofe articles of culture, 

 on account of the lands being all open. In- 

 clofures are very fcarce. The tillage is all 

 done with "oxen, which in fome parts of 

 the country are large good beafts. 



At Boifbelle I gained information con- 

 cerning another farm. From my fir ft en- 

 tering France, till I reached Paris, I had 

 not made the neccfTary enquiries in this 



point; 



