258 Of Differences between the Ch. XVII. 



Begin at Five in the Morning, and in about Six 

 Hours you may hoe Three Acres, being equal in 

 Furrows to Three R.ood; i. e. Three Quarters of aa 

 Acre. Then turn the Oxen to Grafs, and after refl- 

 ing, eating, and drinking, Two Hours and an half, 

 with another Set of Oxen begin Hoeing again ; and 

 by or before half an Hour after Seven at Night, 

 another like Quantity may be ho'd. Thefe are the 

 Hours the Statute has appointed all Labourers to 

 work, during the Summer Half-year. 



To hoe thefe Six Acres a Day, each Set of Oxen 

 draw the Plough only Eight Miles and a Quarter, 

 which they may very well do in Five Hours ; and 

 then the Holder and Driver will be at their Work of 

 Plowing Ten Hours, and will have Four Flours and 

 an half to reft, 65V. 



The Expence then of hoeing Six Acres in a Day, 

 in this manner, may be accounted, at One Shilling 

 the Man that holds the Plough, Six-pence the Boy 

 that drives the Plough, One Shilling for the Six Oxen, 

 and Six-pence for keeping the Tackle in Repair. The 

 whole Sum for hoeing thefe Six Acres is ^hree Shil- 

 lings^ being Six-pence per Acre (a). 



They who follow the old Huibandry cannot keep 

 Oxen lb cheap, becaufe they can do nothing without 

 the Fold, and Storc-fheep will ipoil the St. Foin.. 

 They may almoft as well keep Foxes and Geeie to- 

 gether, as Store-fheep and good St. Foin. Befides, 

 the lowed St. Foin cofl Ten times as much the Plant- 

 ing as drill'd St. Foin does, and mult be frequently 

 manured, or elfe it will foon decay ; efpecially upon 

 all iorts ot chalky Land, whereon 'tis moil commonly 

 town. The 



(a) But where thefe is not the Convenience of keeping Oxen, 

 the Price of Hoeing with Hoiies is One Shilling each time. 



When a Roller is ufed, which is lefs than a Hoeing, becaufe 

 ore Perfon to lead is enough, and that may be a Boy ; and once 

 in an Interval may iuflice ; then 'tis lefs Labour than half a Hoe- 

 ing ; and for this we may well abate One Hoeing of the Eighu 



