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March, and the beginning of April ; for peas, March, and as 

 much earlier as the feafon will admit of. 



tJTfnrtJ. What is the expence per acre, and what has been 

 found the bed dibbling inftrument ; 



9iietocr. Wheat is dibbled from 9s. to 10s. per acre •, four 

 fui rows are contained in a yard wide; two holes are dibbled 

 in each furrow, and the holes are three inches diftant in the 

 rows. Barley and oats at 8s. and peas at 7s. per acre. 

 The inftrument commonly ufed in this neighbourhood, I have 

 taken the liberty to fend you ; it is fteeled at the point, about 

 three inches in length — the depth of the holes is about two 

 inches. — This inftrument is ufed for all dibbling. 



jTourtf). What are thebeft foils for dibbling, and is it found 

 applicable on deep clayey foils ? 



-einsincr. Our lightclt foils are dibbled to advantage, and fo 

 on. to the fhongcft loamv foil: deep clayey loil does not 

 abound in this neighbourhood. 



piftf). Plow many perfons, per acre, does it require, and 

 what time does it take to dibble an acre, by any given num- 

 bers? 



SlnstDCr. Onepetfon, with a pair of dibbling inftruments, 



will do half an acre a day of wheat, three quarters of an acre 



of barley, oats, or peas, with the afhftance of children to drop 



the corn into the holes ; the wages, per day, of a child that 



drops into only one nole, is 3d. — of fuch, fix are required to 



follow one man ; of thofe that drop into two holes, three are 



required to follow one man — the wages of fuch, per day, is 



'here are fomctimes employed thole that drop into three 



— their wages, per day, is iojd. and only two Inch are 



How one man. — Four men to dibble, with their 



ire eltcemed fufficicnt to work m 



Sir*. 



