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ing, that fuch ihould be thought deferving 

 of any culture. Rye ufually yields a third 

 or a fourih more than wheat j barley the 

 fame as rye ; and oats a fourth more than 

 barley. Thefe produds are thofe which are 

 ufually had upon the good foils, the loams 

 and clays j not the fineft, nor yet the worft 

 in the province. The beft lands in it for 

 corn, are, the dry loarns, inclinable to a 

 friable clay j there are wet clays, which are 

 bad, and much ftony loam ; fome chalky 

 foils, and a good deal of low marmy 

 lands. 



The vineyards are pretty numerous, but 

 the wine they yield is not much efteemed 

 abroad ; and it is the foreign demand that 

 raifes and keeps up the price at home : they 

 chufe the dry, hilly, ftony iituations for 

 them, which hang well to the fouth ; ma- 

 nage them with vignerons, to whom they 

 give falaries. The grofs produce of an 

 acre, on good land, and attentively ma- 

 naged, is from 20!. to 35!. but very many 

 vineyards do not yield icl. an acre 3 none 

 exceed 4!. clear profit ; and many do not 

 yield ios. nett advantage. M. Morault 

 has remarked often, that the culture of vines 



