( "8 ) 



and thefe articles will probably amount to 

 more than the deficiency, and leave him 

 fomething that may be called profit. 



It muft be remarked, that 4 /, per acre 

 of wheat, on an average, is a large produce, 

 and beyond what is gained by moft little 

 fanners ; and 5 /. a cow is not a low efti- 

 mation. The reafon that I allow fuch fums, 

 is the furplus of time upon the farmer's 

 hands, befides what is requifite for the 

 common tillage of his 8 acres ; which time 

 I fuppofe him to beftow upon his land in 

 fummer, in ploughing it much oftener than 

 common, and in both fummer and winter 

 in carting earth and ditch fluff unto it. He 

 will have fufficient time to make good and 

 deep ditches, throughout his farm, and alfo 

 to cart away the earth that comes out of 

 them. By thefe means I fuppofe him to 

 get better crops than common with little 

 farmers; and his grafs may be managed 

 in the fame manner. 



His whole time will not, however, be 

 taken up ; we may fuppofe him to go to 

 day-labour a third part of the year, and 

 earn 8 /. In that cafe the accqunt will be 

 thus : 



Labour, 



