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£>r. 



£• *• J. 



CV„ 



o o 



to o 



8 o 



5 o 



4 o 



J 5 o 

 o io o 



o 6 o 



To rent of land, &c 

 To manure . . 

 To ploughing 

 To hacking . . 

 To harrowing and rol- 

 ling . . . • o 

 To seed and sowing 



(Riga) ... i 

 To weeding . . . 

 To pulling . . . 

 To hailing to pits and 



watering. N. B. The 



price of this depends 



on the distance . o io o 

 To taking out of pits, 



hailing, spreading, 



drying, and housing o 14 O 



To braking, swing- 

 ling, and dressing 

 40 dozen, at is, 4d. 2 13 4 



To tythe . , . o 



5 o 



Profit 



12 04 

 2 10 o 



£ 14 10 4 



By 40 dozen of flax, 

 at 7s . . 14 



By bounty 4d. per 

 stone . . . . o 

 (allowing is. for 

 expences) 



o 9 



10 4 



£ »4 10 4 



To this profit may be added the succeeding turnip crop, and the 

 improvement of the land by the manure; without these, it cannot 

 be considered as very lucrative, for it is precarious, and if a dry 

 season follow the sowing, it frequently happens that the flax does 

 not get to any height, and is scarcely worth pulling. Some peo- 

 ple may think the expences over rated, but if they consider that 

 the calculation is made under the idea of an acre statute measure, 

 and also that it includes beer, tools, and many other trifling articles 



of 



