Ch. X VII. Old and New Hufbahdry. i 57 



the common Price whereof is Four Shillings each; 

 but this we diminim half, when done by Oxen kept 

 on St. Foin, in this manner ; viz. Land worth 'Thirty 

 Shillings Rent, drill'd with St. Foin, will well main- 

 tain an Ox a Year (a) 9 and fometimes Hay will be 

 left to pay for the Making: We cannot therefore allow 

 more than One Shilling a Week for his Work, becaufe, 

 his Keeping comes but to Seven-pence a Week round 

 the Year. 



In plain Plowing, Six Feet contains Eight Furrows 5 

 but we plow a Six-feet Ridge at Four Furrows, 

 becaufe in this there are Two Furrows cover'd in the 

 Middle of it, and one on each Side of it lies open. 

 Now what we call one Hoeing, is only Two Furrows 

 of this Ridge, which is equal to a Fourth Part of one 

 plain Plowing; fo that the Hoeing of- Four Acres 

 requires an equal Number of Furrows with one Acre 

 that is plow'd plain, and equal Time to do it in (ex- 

 cept that the Land, that is kept in Hoeing, works 

 much eafier than that which is not). 



All the Tillage we ever bellow upon a Crop of 

 Wheat that follows a ho'd Crop, is equal to Eight 

 Hoeings (b) ; Two of which may require Four Oxen 

 each, One of them Three Oxen, and the other Five 

 Hoeings Two Oxen each. However, allow Three 

 Oxen to each fingle Hoeing, taking them all one 

 with another, which is Three Oxen more than it 

 comes to in the Whole. 



(a ) Or an Ox may be well kept Nine Months, with an Acre of 

 indifferent Horfe-ho'd Turneps ; and if we value them only at 

 the Expence and Rent of the Land, this will be a yec cheaper 

 Way of maintaining Oxen. Upon more Experience it is found, that 

 St. Foin Hay alone, or with a fmall Quantity of Turneps, is beft 

 for working Oxen in the Winter ; but a Plenty of Turneps with 

 the fame Hay is better for fatting Oxen that do not work. 



(b) But the Number of Oxen required will be according to 

 their Bignefs and Strength, and to the Depth and Strength of the 

 Soil, which alfo will be the eafier Draught for the Oxen, the 

 oftenerthe Intervals are hoed. 



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