PROFIT. 



But we find here, as is usual with other vegetable va- 

 rieties, that after a few years' cultivation the sorts lose 

 their original characters, or, as the men say, " the land 

 gets sick of them," and they cease to produce as at 

 first, and new sets are resorted to. We have no vege- 

 table under cultivation more probably remunerative 

 than this, or more certain of jseing in demand sooner 

 or later ; it consequently becomes an article of specu- 

 lation, but not to such an injurious extent as some others 

 are : it gives a sufficient profit to the farmer and his 

 sub-renter. Our land is variously rented for this cul- 

 ture ; but perhaps eight pounds per acre are a general 

 standard : the farmer gives it two plowings, finds manure, 

 and pays the tithe ; the seed is found, and all the labor 

 in and out is performed by the renter ; or the farmer, 

 in lieu of any rent, receives half the crop. The far- 

 mer's expenses may be rated at 



. s. d. 



Rent to his landlord . 1 10 



Two plowings 160 



Twelve loads of manure 1160 



Tithe : 10 



Rates 030 



5 5 



leaving him a clear profit of 21. 15s. per acre. The sub 

 renter's expenditure and profit will be 



. s. d. 



Rent 8 . 



Labor in and out 300 



Five sacks of seed 1126 



12 12 6 



. s. d. 



Produce 50 sacks, at 6s. Qd. \ . . . . 16 5 

 Trash, or small pigs 100 



11 50 





leaving a profit of 4Z. 12s. 6d. per acre. The produce 

 will vary greatly at times, and then the price of the ar- 

 ticle varies too. The returns to the laborer are always 

 ample, when conducted with any thing like discretion ; 

 and the emolument to the farmer is also quite sufficient, 



