92 



DICKSON ON THE PROFITS OF 



DR. 



To eight acres of 



land, at 26s. 9d. 10 14 

 120 loads farm- 

 yard manure, 



at 4s 24 



Drawing 3 



Spreading 1 4 



Ploughing 3 



3 , Harrowing and 



rolling 8 



80 pecks of seed 5 16 



Drilling 1 



Kolling and 



harrowing ... 8 



Hoeing 1 12 



Watching 8 



WHEAT. 



s. d. 



Keaping 2 



Carting 2 



Thrashing 5 12 



Tithe 1 12 



Poor Rates 16 



Church and sur- 

 vey-rates ... 12 

 Balance, or profit 13 10 



78 8 



CK. s. d. 

 By 224 bushels of 



Wheat at 5s. 6d. 61 12 



Straw 16 16 



78 8 



"As 13 10s. appears to be the profit that a Norfolk farmer 

 has on growing eight acres of wheat, I beg to call attention to 

 the following : An Irish gentleman, Mr. Cassidy, of Glen- 

 brook, Mugherafelt, Ireland, in writing on the 26th ult. to the 

 secretary of the Belfast Flax Society, says ' I have read 



