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discouragements to agriculture, occasioned by tithe, it is not the least, that it takes 

 the tenth of the gross produce, without any reference to the expense of raising it ; 

 and, by that means, falls heaviest on the most industrious, and effectually bars the 

 improvement of much land, which would otherwise be cultivated to the advantage 

 of the owner and the public. 



There arose a considerable competition for farms about the year 1790, which, 

 aided afterwards by the high price of produce, has advanced land to the full value, 

 and, in many instances, perhaps, higher; some symptoms of decline are already 

 observed ; corn at present does not pay its expenses ; if live stock should fall 

 in price equally, which, in the opinion of many, is likely to be the case, many 

 occupiers of farms in this country will not clear their expenses, much less repay 

 themselves for their labour and interest of capital. 



It appears to be the general opinion of the best informed men I have con- 

 versed with, that under the great advance of rent and charges of all sorts, wheat 

 cannot be sold for much less than one shilling per gallon, and barley for half that 

 price, to ensure a fair profit to the growers of it. 



Mr. John Edmonds. 



I AM certain that the expense is full one-third more in all things necessary to the 

 cultivation of arable lands than in 1790. 



HERTFORDSHIRE. 



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Turnips. 



Px-OUGHING the fallow 5 times and 

 the necessary harrowing, at 7^ 6(1 

 per acre for each ploughing, &c 

 Manure, 10 loads, at 5^, per load 2 

 Filling, carting, an- spreading the\ 

 same, at is. bd. per load - j 

 Seed, and sowing - - o 



Hoeing - _ . o 



Mr. Richard fFbittington. 



Turnips. 



Ditto, at los. per acre 

 Ditto, at 7^. per load 



1790. 



£. s. d. 



17 t 



10 

 2 



4 



£'S 9 6 



Ditto, at 2s. 6U. per load 



Ditto 

 Ditto 



1804. 

 £.s.d. 



2 10 o 



3 10 o 

 I 5 o 



036 

 060 



£-6 14 6 



