FRANCE. 181 



point; but M. du Pont recommended to 

 me to procure them, as the bed means of 

 gaining a proper idea of the hufbandry of 

 any country. The farmer was one I met 

 with in the road, and he very readily an- 

 fvvered my enquiries. His farm confilts of 

 one hundred and feventy-five acres, one 

 hundred of which are in culture, forty-five 

 pafture of the ploughing oxen ; and thirty 

 of meadow, befides which he has a right 

 of turning his cows on the heaths. Of the 

 hundred acres in culture, half are fown 

 every year, twenty acres in wheat, ten in 

 rye, ten in barley, and ten in oats. The 

 meadow produces hay to the value of a gui- 

 nea an acre, which hay is confumed by the 

 working oxen. The tillage is done with 

 two ploughs. 



FIRST EXPENCE. 



1., s. d. 



12 oxen, at 4!. 155. 57 o o 



8 cows, at 2!. 35. Qd. 17 to o 

 2 mares, at 4!. 1 6s 9120 



loofheep, at 35. 6d. 17 10 o 



20 hogs 6 10 o 



Carried forward 108 2 Q 



N 3 



