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calculations, the expence of the original purchase-money, 

 and the value of the wear and tear, are not included, 

 though these articles properly form a part of the annual 

 charge, as much as the hay and corn given to the horses. 



Mr Newton of Currie-hill, near Edinburgh, states the 

 expence as follows : 



Half an acre cut grass, first and second crop, L. 6 

 Thirteen bolls and a half oats, at 22s., 14 17 



120 stones of hay in the spring months, at 15 d., 7 10 



L. 28 7 



He puts no value on the straw the horse consumes du- 

 ring the winter months, as he conceives the dung to be an 

 equivalent. 



Mr Cuthbertson, who gives a very particular detail 

 of the expence of maintaining a horse, estimates it at 

 L.39: 0: 7. , 



1. Soiling from the end of May to the 1st of 

 November, - L. 12 



2. Hay, U stone per day, 30 days, 37$ stones, 



at Is., 1 17 6 



3. Corn, a peck per day, for 30 days, 1 boll, 



3 firlots, 2 pecks, at 30s. 2 16 3 



4. Corn for December, January, and Febru- 

 ary, half a peck per day, 2 bolls, 3 firlots, 

 1 peck, 



5. Straw for ditto, at lOd. per day, 



6. Corn for March, April, and May, 1 peck 



per day, 5 bolls, 3 firlots, - - 8 12 6 



Carryforward, L, 33 5 7| 



