30 PROFIT. 



ordinary name, which I must here call tc femora 

 dominarum ! w But we find here, as is usual with 

 other vegetable varieties, 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 vegetable under cul- 

 tivation more probably remunerative than this, or 

 more certain of being in demand sooner or later ; 

 it consequently becomes an article of speculation, 

 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 culture ; but perhaps eight pounds per acre 

 are a general standard : the farmer gives it two 

 ploughings, finds manure, and pays the tithe ; the 

 seed is found, and all the labour in and out is per- 

 formed by the renter ; or the farmer, in lieu of any 

 rent, receives half the crop. The farmer's ex- 

 penses may be rated at 



. s. d. 



Rent to his landlord . . 1 10 



Two ploughings , . ,160 



Twelve loads of manure . 1160 



Tithe 10 



Rates t ' , , .030 



550 



leaving him a clear profit of 2/. 15s. per acre. 

 The sub-renter's expenditure and profit will 

 be- 



