3o6 Mr. William Pitt on the Production and 



As I suppose about one half of the wheat now grown in England may be upon 

 land managed otherwise than in the wheat fallow system, and probably with equal 

 produce, it may be but fair to calculate the expence of raising it upon this system ; 

 in which the clover-ley management, being the most general, may serve as an ex- 

 ample for all the rest. 



Expence per. Acre of raising TFhsat on CloverMy Ground. 



One ploughing, and harrowing, and dressing, equal to another ploughing, 



at 105. per acre each -'- - - - lOO 



Rent and taxes for one year only « - - - iioo 



Manuring as before - - - - - iioo 



Sowing, weeding, and harvesting - - - - i o o 



Threshing, marketing, and carrying out - - - o 15 o 



Interest of capital - - - - - -050 



Per acre - ^.6 o o 

 Produce, 20 bushels per acre, over and above the seed, at 6s. - 600 



Upon this system 6s. per bushel affords no profit ; and to make the profit equal 

 to grazing, the price must be Bs. 6d. per bushel. If we take a medium between the 

 two systems the price must be 75. 6d. per bushel to pay expences only, and xos. per 

 bushel to give a profit equal to grazing; and as no consideration has in either case 

 been made for tithes, unless the above quantity per acre can be raised over and 

 above tithes, which is not supposed the case, one-ninth must be added on that ac- 

 count ; this brings the average price, without profit, to 8s. 4</. per bushel ; and with 

 a profit equal to grazing, to i05. lod. per bu.shel. 



Tithes. — The subject of tithes now comes naturally under consideration, I be- 

 lieve that at present this check upon agriculture, not only in itself raises the price of 

 wheat near is. per bushel; but I have personally known so many iiisances of in- 

 dividuals narrowing their growth of corn, in consequence of the trouble, expence, 

 and vexations, real or supposed, of tithes; that I am thoroughly convinced the 

 quantity of corn grown is thereby diminished. If the payment for tithes were 

 not subject to variation, but fixed at a certain sum in proportion to the rent of 

 the land, whether the land were at grass or in tillage, this evil would be removed; 

 and if the Board could bring about an equitable commutation of this nature. 



