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drawn from them by the cultivator. But in the present 

 minute division of the soil they are felt to be very heavy, 

 except where superior intelligence enables the farmer to 

 study his market and suit his crops to it. Where this is 

 not attended to, the profit that we have assumed as being 

 common upon the Rhine, and which is very considerable, 

 is, of course, not obtained. Where intelligence has been 

 stimulated by accompanying prosperity in trade and ma- 

 nufactures, our calculations of the farmer's profit will often 

 be found to be under-rated. 



The following details of some large estates in Southern 

 (Germany will best serve to show the skill that is exerted 

 in the management of large properties as compared with 

 the peasants' system of cultivation. The morgen is tlmt 

 of Wirtemberg, and is to the English acre as 71 to 40, or 

 nearly three-quarters of an acre. 



Hipfelhof, near Heilbronn on the Neckar, contains — 



490 morgens arable. 



.55 „ meadow. 



15 „ vineyards. 



250 „ forests. 



Rotations. 



87 morgens winter corn. 

 170 „ summer corn. 



43 



43 



103 



44 



rape and poppies. 



potatoes and turnips (Swedes). 



clover and lucern. 



tares (green), clover, and fallow. 



490 morgens. 

 Stock : 7 horses, 14 oxen — in winter only 4 to 6 

 oxen. 



