CROPS AND THEIR COST 199 



Fourth year, 1 wheat : s. d. 



Rent, &c I 8 o 



One ploughing 4 



Three harrovvings l o 



Seed . . . . . . '.'/".' lo 



Sowing . . ; . ^ j f'~' m , 



Water furrowing _ o 



Thistling r 5 



Reaping and harvesting .... 70 



Threshing, @ zs. a quarter . 70 



2 19 6 

 Fifth year, beans : 



Rent, &c. i 8 o 



Two ploughings . . . . . . g o 



Seed, 2 bushels go 



Sowing 6 



Twice hand-hoeing 120 



Twice horse-hoeing 30 



Reaping and harvesting .... go 



Threshing 50 



3 *2 6 

 Sixth year, oats : 



Rent, &c I 8 o 



Once ploughing 40 



Two harrowings 8 



Four bushels of seed 60 



Sowing 3 



Mowing and harvesting .... 30 



Threshing, @ i s. a quarter .... 60 



2 7 ii 



Good land at a high rent is always better than poor land at 

 a low rent ; the average profit per acre on 5^. land was then \ 

 about 8s. &/., on 20^. land, zgs. 



Grass was much more profitable than tillage, the profit on i 

 20 acres of arable in nine years amounted to 88, whereas on 

 grass it was 212, or 9^. 9^. an acre per annum for the former 

 and 23^. for the latter. 2 Yet dairying, at all events, was then 



1 Cf, above, p. 180. * Farmer's Letters (3rd ed), p. 372. 



