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their ftubbles for a fallow is In March or 

 April. The price of ploughing 3 s. ari 

 acre, and the depth five inches. The 

 hire of a cart, three horfesj and a driver, 

 is 3 J. a day. 



They reckon that a man fhould be worth 

 300/. who hires a farm of 100/. a year. 

 Tythes are taken in kind. 

 Poor rates 6 i. in the pound; their em- 

 ployment knitting and fpinning. 



Twenty-one miles is the diftance the 

 farmers carry their corn. 



The following fketches of farms will 

 fhew the general oeconomy of the country. 

 200 acres in all 

 150 arable 

 50 grafs 

 jT. 100 rent 

 8 horfes 

 8 oxen 

 12 cows 

 20 young cattle 



1 man 



2 boys 



1 maid 



2 labourers. 

 Another, 



300 acres in all 

 tot. HI. H ijoarabie 



