the Second Letter of Inquiry. 1 2 1 



In the middle and lower wards, the cost of preparing an acre for turnips or 

 barley, will be fully one-fifth more. 



In the dense soils of the middle and lower wards, the expenses of preparing an 

 acre of wheat by summer fallow, is nearly as follows : 



^- ^- ^- 



5 times ploughing with harrowings - - - - 2 15 o 



40 cubic yards of dung, with carriage and spreading - - n 10 o 



Seed, sowing and harrowing in - - - - 130 



15 8 



Lime is also frequently given, 6 chaldrons of which, with carriage, &c. 

 will cost about - - - - - -418 



To all this the rent of the land must be added. 



But land is now \zs% frequently prepared for wheat by summer fallowing : it has 

 been found to succeed very well after potatoes or beans, and sometimes upon a 

 clover stubble. The potatoes are planted in rows, at 2 feet 3 or 4 inches asunder, 

 dunged, and kept clean by hand and horse hoeing. The land is dunged for the 

 beans, and, of late, the beans are frequently sown in rows, from 20 inches to 2 feet 

 distant, clean first with the hand hoe, and the earth afterwards laid to the rows with 

 a plough. A moderate crop of potatoes or beans defrays the expenses of manure, 

 culture, &c, and the preparation for wheat costs only a single ploughing, seed, and 

 harrowing in. 



The price of manures is greatly increased since 1790. About that time a cubic 

 yard of dung could have been got in Glasgow and Hamilton for 15. 6d. or is. %d. 

 The price rose in Glasgow, in the year 1800, to 55. 6d. and is now about 4?. but 

 at 5 or 6 miles from that city, it has been lately valued at ^s. ; and some has 

 been sold in Hamilton still higher. All carts in this county are drawn by a single 

 horse, and a cart will now hold fully a cubic yard of dung. The price of lime is 

 advanced about a half since 179O1 it is now about j^\d. per bushel of slacked 

 lime. 



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