[ 400 ] 



hoeing cod 40 s, an acre ; but the plough- 

 ing only 5 J. 



Thefe two acres have kept twelve horfcs 

 conftantly in the ftable from the beginning 

 of y^pn'/ to the end of September, with 

 only a fevcnth part of the hay they other- 

 wife would have had : The keeping in this 

 manner, Mr. Penny, (and his neighbours 

 alfo,) value at 2/. a week j or 24^. a week 

 for the two acres. /. s. 



Twenty-fix weeks at 24 J. 3^4 



Befides this, his ewes and lambs 

 have been kept on it a month 

 every fpring, twenty at t d, a 

 week. {N. B. It is worth more 

 than this at fo critical a feafon, 

 but our cultivator exaggerates 

 nothing.) ^ o 



£• 33 4 



Or, per acre, 16 /. izs. 



It is now in very good heart, and having 

 anfwered fo greatly, Mr. Penny defigns 

 fowing a larger quantity. The profit is 

 very noble, and proves fufficientJy, that 

 J^ucerne is a moft capital article in Britijh 

 agriculture, and greatly deferves to be 



brought 



