28 PROFIT. 



But we find here, as is usual with other vegetable va- 

 rieties, that after a few years' cultivation the sorts lose 

 their original characters, or, as the men say, " the land 

 gets sick of them," and they cease to produce as at 

 first, and new sets are resorted to. We have no vege- 

 table under cultivation more probably remunerative 

 than this, or more certain of being in demand sooner 

 or later ; it consequently becomes an article of specu- 

 lation, but not to such an injurious extent as some others 

 are : it gives a sufficient profit to the farmer and his 

 sub-renter. Our land is variously rented for this cul- 

 ture ; but perhaps eight pounds per acre are a general 

 standard : the farmer gives it two plowings, finds manure, 

 and pays the tithe ; the seed is found, and all the labor 

 in and out is performed by the renter ; or the farmer, 

 in lieu of any rent, receives half the crop. The far- 

 mer's expenses may be rated at 



a. 



Rent to his landlord 1100 



Two plovvings 160 



Twelve loads of manure 1160 



Tithe 10 



Rates 030 



550 



leaving him a clear profit of 21. 15s. per acre. The sub 

 renter's expenditure and profit will be - 



. s. d. 



Rent 800 



Labor in and out 300 



Five sacks of seed 1126 



12 12 G 



. s. d. 



Produce 50 sacks, at 6s. 6d. 16 5 



Trash, or sniall pigs ....... 100 



11 5 



leaving a profit of 4Z. 12s. 6d. per acre. The produce 

 will vary greatly at times, and then the price of the ar 

 ticle varies too. The returns to the laborer are always 

 ample, when conducted with any thing like discretion , 

 and the emolument to the farmer is also quite sufficient 



