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fifteen fliillings per acre. The feed is fovvn broadcafi", 

 ufing . lbs. per acre ; fucceflive hoelngs will coft 



about four pounds per acre : and gathering, lopping, tail- 

 ing, and flowing away, will be about four pounds per acre 

 more. The average produce per acre, is flated at 650 

 bufhels, which readily commands fix-pence per bulhel in the 

 field. The befl: and moll healthy roots are fele£ted for feed ; 

 which are always fet out upon the heavicft and llrongeft 

 land ; and afford a confiderable fupply of feed for the London 

 market. This culture for feed, and for horfe food, prevails 

 very generally through this neighbourhood, but more par- 

 ticularly at WEATHERSFIELD; where the foil in 

 many places, (in addition to the former defcription) . is a 

 white wet loam (or what is called moor) upon a gravelly 

 loam ; red, and white fand ; and a heavier foil, upon a 

 white chalky clay. 



The moory land is frequently mended with drift fand, in 

 the proportion of thirty loads per acre ; and the fandy lands 

 have been much improved by the application of chalky clay, 

 at an expence of 2I. gd. per acre, viz. 

 Stubbing, filling, and fpreading forty-five loads, at 



8s. per fcore ____-----oi8o 

 One and a half days work for five horfes, at 2s. 



per day each ____ _ _ _ — 0150 



Driver, one and a half day, at is. 6d. per day 023 

 Allowance for beer to driver, and for Itubbing, 



filling, and'fpreading ______ 026 



Wear and tear of two tumbrells, one and a half 



day, at one (hilling each, per day - - - 030 



£■'2' O 9 



which after a lapfe of three or four years is frequently re- 

 newed, by applying about one half of the fame quantity 

 per acre. 



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