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CHAP. XVII. 



Of Differences between the Old and the New 

 Hulbandry. 



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N order to make a Companion between the Hoe- 

 ing-Hufbandry, and the old Way, there are Four 

 Things, whereof the Differences ought to be very 

 well confidered. 



I. The Expence 

 II. The Goodnefs \- of a Crop, 



III. The Certainty 



IV. The Condition in which the Land is left after 

 a Crop, 



The Prone or Lofs arifing from Land, is not to be 

 computed, only from the Value of the Crop it pro- 

 duces ; but from its Value, after all Expences of Seed, 

 Tillage, &c. are deducted. 



Thus, when an Acre brings a Crop worth Four 

 Pounds^ and the Expences thereof amount to Five 

 Pounds, the Owner's Lofs is One Pound-, and when an 

 Acre brings a Crop which yields Thirty Shillings, and 

 the Expence amounts to no more than Ten Shillings^ 

 the Owner receives One Pounds clear Profit, from this 

 Acre's very fmali Crop, as the other lofes One Pound 

 by his greater Crop. 



horizontal than broad Ridges, whereby their Furrows are the 

 more ealily turnea upwards againitthe Declivity. 



I have not tried any narrower Ridge than that of Six Feet upon 

 this Hill ; But 1 have had full Experience of Five-feet and of 

 Four-feet Ridges upon other Land ; and find that all Sizes of 

 thefe narrow Ridges are very advantageous, even where the Crop 

 is to be fovvn upon the Level ; for fewer Furrows are neceffary 

 for the Tilling of an Acre, when 'tis kept in iuch Ridges, than 

 in broad Lands ; and after wet Weather the Ridges will be fit to 

 be plowed much fooner than level Ground. 



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