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them, to stop the importation of corn, to a certain degree, the payment of rent will 

 soon be a thing quite out of question. 



Mr. J. Boys. 



Where town or other expensive manures are procured and laid on for the wheat 

 crop, the expence must be considerably more than ^10. per acre. 



Thomas Brett, Esq. 



Expenses of Turnip Fallowing, per Acre : 



£ . s. d. 

 Four times ploughing, at 10^. - - - - 200 



Harrowing and dressing down - - - - 0100 



Manure, and spreading 42 cart loads per acre, at 3s. per load • 660 

 Seed, and hoeing - - - - - -ogo 



. ;C-9 5 o 



I stated the particulars of the expense of raising one acre of turnips, and I have 

 made no statement of the expense of a crop of barley or wheat, which I thought 

 would be better answered by stating my mode of cultivating my farm, when you 

 will be able to judge in what proportions to divide the expense of the turnip crop 

 on each succeeding crop, each crop receiving a proportionate benefit. 

 Turnip fallow, turnips fed off. 



Once ploughed, - Barley. 



Once ploughed, - Beans. 



Once ploughed, _ Wheat, (sown with clover.) 



Feder mowed for hay, - Clover. 



Once ploughed, - Wheat. 



H. Godfrey Faussett, Esq. 

 The calculation of the expense of keeping a team of 4 horses, in 1790, ;(^i20. 



in 1804, ;;Ci50' 

 A team horse, - - _ • in 1790, ;^ 15. to ^20. 



in 1804, £25. to^4a 



