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wheat and rye. 5 lb, the average of 

 fleeces. 



They reckon eight horfes necelTary for 

 the cultivation of 100 acres of arable land, 

 ufe three in a plough, and do an acre a 

 day. When at work in winter they allow 

 their horfes a peck of oats ^tr day j and 

 reckon the annual expence at 7 /. They 

 plough up their flubbles for a fallow at 

 Chrijlmas, The price per acre of plough- 

 ing 5 s. The depth five inches. They 

 know nothing of chopping ftraw for chaff. 

 The hire of a cart and three horfes a day 

 is 5/, 



In the hiring and flocking of farms, 

 they reckon ;^oo/. requifite for one of 

 100/. a year. 



Land fells at 28 or 30 years purchafe : 

 There are fome eflates fo low as 2 or 

 300/. a year. 



Tythes are generally compounded 5 

 Wheat, 8 J. 6^. 

 Barley, 4J-. 6^. 

 Oats, 4 J". 

 Beans, 6x. 

 Poor rates 2^. in the pound. Their em- 

 ployment fpinning wool and flax. But few 

 drink te^. 



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