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Let us now recapitulate the expences, and state the average pro- 

 duce per acre. 



First Year. First Year. 



Dr - £- '• d. Cr. 



To first plowing . . . o 16 o £, s , d. 



To hacking and sowing oats 070 

 To 6 bushels seed . . . o 15 o By 25 bus. oats 



To rolling 010 2s. 6d. 326 



To one year's rent ...080 



Second Year. Second Year. 



To cross plowing . . . o 6 o By 25 bushel 

 To harrowing ....020 wheat 6s. 7100 

 To liming ( 1 60 bus. per acre) 1 15 o 

 To covering and spreading 016 

 To harrowing ,...020 



To plowing 050 



To harrowing ....020 

 To last plowing, sowing, and 



harrowing .....070 

 To 2f bushels seed . . . 015 o 

 To rolling .....020 

 To two years rent ...0160 



706 



Profit 3 12 o 



10 12 6 



10 12 6 



N. B. The straw in both instances will pay for leaping, harvest- 

 ing, and threshing. 



HARVESTING and THRESHING. 



The reaping of wheat is generally performed by the acre ; and,, 

 as the ripening is a fortnight later on these hills than in the vale, 

 there is no want of hands. The price from five to seven shillings 

 per acre, including cutting, binding, and mowing. It is always 

 hand griped as it is called, that is, collected within the palm of the 



hand 



