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hundred weight to a ton. Keep them in 

 a houfe. 



They fat their hogs from fifteen to thirty- 

 five fcore. 



No account could be taken of their 

 flocks of fheep, as they in general only 

 winter them. 



In their tillage they reckon eight horfes 

 neceffary for the management of an hun- 

 dred acres of arable : They ufe three or 

 four in a plough, and do an acre and a 

 quarter, and an acre and a half in a 

 day. The annual expence of a horfe they 

 reckon 7/. 



They do not break up their flubbles for 

 a fallow till after barley fowing. The 

 price of ploughing per acre is 5 s. and the 

 common depth four inches. They know 

 nothing of cutting ftraw into chaff. 



The hire of a cart, three horfes, and 

 driver, per day, is 5 s. 



In the hiring and flocking of farms, they 

 reckon 350/. a fufficient fum to take one 

 of 100/. a year. 



Land fells from thirty to forty- five years 

 purchafe. 



Tythes are both gathered and com- 

 pounded f if the latter. 



Wheat 



