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 almoft as great a rarity, (fave in the planta- 

 tions of the prefent Lord) as an olive, an orange, 

 or a mulberry. 



Of potatoes, eight barrels of feed plant an 

 acre, which yields fixty barrels, at twenty-one 

 ftone -, the average price 45. 4.6.. 



Planting, fourteen men, at 6~d. - - 077 



Trenching, fourteen ditto - - o 7 y 



Leading the dung U4 - - r o o 



Spreading, fix men - o 3 3 



Eight barrels feed - - i 14 8 



Weeding by the women - - o o o 



Taking up, fixty men - - 1126 



Carting home, &c. - - -0150 



07 



PRODUCE. 



Sixty, at 45. 4d. - 13 



Expenfes - - 6 



-6 '9 S 



Prime coft, 2$. a barrel. 



They lay them up in holes in the field. The 

 fecond crop is generally the beft. Of oats they 

 fow two barrels, and reap from 8 to 15. There 

 no wheat, and very little barley. Clover and 

 turnips, rape, beans, and peafe, quite un- 

 known. The rents are paid by cattle, and of 



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