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formerly in fifteen fenced fields, each with a ragged 

 hedge — of anything but quicks — planted upon raised 

 mounds. Now, the gain in the removal of fences, 

 indicated by the dotted lines (see fig. 1), may be 

 explained by the following calculations : — 



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Fig. 1. Field with its old divisions, noiv removed, as marked by the 

 dotted lines. 



Acr. Eds. 

 Ground, 2 yards wide, occupied by the mounds 



and hedges, about ---- 1 2 



One foot and a half on either side of the 



mounds which cannot be ploughed, about - 3 



Total of gain in 50 acres - 

 Or, per cent., 4a. 2r. 



