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ber of trees, planted in proportion to the 

 number of their acres, and pays the hearth 

 money of all who plant trees. He alfo allows 

 his tenants 403. an acre for all the parts of their 

 farm that want gravelling, and does the boun- 

 dary fence for them, but he is paid in his rent 

 very well for this. The following particulars 

 I owe to him. 



The foil in general, for fome miles every 

 way, is a lime-ftone gravel, which does very 

 well for wheat; lets at an average at 2os. that 

 is, from los. to 405. There are fome trails of 

 green ftone land, and a little clay. Rents rofe 

 till 1772, but have fmce rather fallen: the 

 the whole county through may be 143. or 153. 

 If all now was to be let, it would be 2os. 



Farms rife from 15 acres to 500 : a middling 

 iize is 250. They are now fmaller than for- 

 merly, being divided as faft as leafes fall. 

 There are houfes in general to all, the land 

 lets the better for them, owing to its being a 

 tillage country. Mr. Nevill encourages his te- 

 nantry to build, by being at half the expenfe. 

 A common farmer requires one 50 feet long, 

 1 6 wide, two ftories high ; a barn, 40 by 16; 

 a ftable, 40 by 16; a cow-houfe, 50 by 14 - r 

 a pig-ftye, fcen-houfe, &c. all which would coft 

 about 300!. of ftone, the houfe flated, and 

 would be fufficient for 250 acres of land. The 

 courfes of crops are 5 



j . Fallow 



