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liorjei fed with Potatoes. 

 Three acres of potatoes 



producing 45,000 lbs 



U'ill fupport 5 horfes 



26 weeks, charging 



the potatoes at ^d. 



per lb. they are equal 



to - - - - 46 17 6 

 Wafhing and fteaming 



ditto at 2d. per 100 



lbs. - - - - ,3 15 o 

 Three bufliels of fait 



at 6s. per bufhel - o 18 o 

 Sulphur ----026 



Leaving a balance of 



51 13 o 

 12 17 o 



j^.64 10 o 



Horfes fedwith Hay and Oats. 

 Five horfes, 26 weeks, 



requiring 2 bufliels 



of oats a horfe per 



week, in all 260 



bufliels, at 2s. 6d. 



per bufliel - - 33 10 o 

 Five horfes, 26 weeks, 



requiring 24 lbs. of 



hay each horfe per 



night,equals 10 loads 



and one-third of a 



load,which at 3I. per 



load is V - - 2 1 



o o 



j^.64 10 o 



In favour of wintering a team of five horfes upon potatoes, 

 lieamed, and thus prepared, rather than upon hay and oats. 



This management of the potatoes has anfvvered equally 

 well for feeding or fattening bullocks when mixed with 

 about twice its bulk of cut flraw and hay. 



From Aveley, through WENNINGTON, RAINHAM, 

 DAGENHAM to HORNCHURCH, a light fand and 

 gravelly loam, upon a gravel, affording a large portion of 

 excellent grafs, very good turnip and corn land. To the 

 fouth, and bordering upon the River Thames, an extenfive 

 level of embanked marlhes, well-watered, and producing a 

 luxuriantly rich, and moft valuable herbage. Extending 

 thence northerly towards RUMFORD, South Weald, and 

 Upminfter, a wet heavy foil of a thin flaple upon a clofe 

 eold clay^ 



Upon 



