2 §6 Of Differences between the Ch. XVII* 



'quadruple to what it zvould be, if equally good all the 

 Tear, like Car t- dung : And folding 'Sheep yield little 

 Profit, hefides their Dung ; becaufe the Wool of a 

 Flock, except it be a large one, will fcarce pay the 

 Shepherd and the Shearers. But there is another thing 

 yet, which more inhances the Price of Sheep-Dung ; 

 and that is, the dunging the Land with their Bodies^ 

 when they all die of the Rot, which happens too fre- 

 quently in many Places •, and then the whole Crop of 

 Corn mufi go to purchafe another Flock, which may 

 have the fame Fate the enfuing Tear, if the Summer 

 prove wet \ and ' fo may the Fanner be ferved for fever al 

 "more fucceffive Tears, unlefs he ftoould break, and 

 another take his Place y or that dry Summers come in 

 time to prevent it. To avoid this Misfortune, he would 

 be glad to purchafe Cart-dung at the highejl Price, for 

 fupplying the Place of his Fold -, but 'tis o?ily near Cities, 

 and great Towns, thai a fufficient Quantity can be pro- 

 cured. 



But, fuppofrng the Price of Dunging to be only Two 

 Popjids Ten Shillings, and the general Expence of an 

 Ac v e of Wheat, when fown, at Three Shillings per 

 Bujhel, to be Four Pounds Ten Shillings, with the Tear's 

 Rent of the Fallow, 



The Expences of planting an Acre of Wheat in 

 the Hoeing-Hufbandry, is Three Pecks of (a) of Seed* 

 at Three Shillings per Bufhel, is Two Shillings and 

 Three-pence. The whole Tillage, if done by Horfes, 

 would be Eight Shillings ; becaufe. our Two Plowings, 

 and Six Hoeings (b), are equal to Two Plowings ; 



(a) Sometimes half a Bufhel is the moll jaft Quantity of Seed* 

 to drill on an Acre. 



(b) But we fometimes plow our Six-feet Ridges before Dril^ 

 ling, at Five or Six Furrows, which is a Furrow or Two more 

 than I have reckoned ; But we do not always hoe Six times after- 

 wards. But it is better for fucceffive Wheat- crops to bellow the 

 Labour of as many Hoeings as amount to three plain Plowings 

 in a Year, it being a greater Damage to omit one neceffary Hoe- 

 ing, than is the Expence of feveral Hoeings, 



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