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By this gentleman's ftate of his fncceffive 

 wheat crops, it is evident, that his land was 

 not impoverifhed by them, but improving; as 

 appears by his lalt crops, though it had no 

 manure. And though his tolerable good land 

 was fo much enriched by the horfe-hoeing and 

 expofure, that it produced as good crops every 

 year, as are commonly obtained in the Old 

 Huibandry, with the affiftance of manure; yet 

 it is remarkable, that the influences of the at- 

 mofphere did not penetrate deep enough into 

 the old ridges to enrich them ; but, by open- 

 ing the land by horfe-hoeing, and at the fame 

 time frequently changing and expofing the fur- 

 face, that was fufficiently impregnated with 

 the vegetable aliment, to produce every year a 

 good crop of wheat. 



Thefe drilled crops were remarkably profit- 

 able. The whole expence of the culture and 

 feed, harveft-home, at one guinea, is about fe- 

 venteen millings per Englifh acre ; and there- 

 fore, when wheat is only five millings per 

 bumel, leis than four bulhels of wheat pays 

 the whole expence of the feed and tillage of 

 an acre : and if the tillage and rent together 

 fhould amount to forty Shillings an acre, eight 

 bumels pays all the expence of a horfe-hoed 

 crop of wheat ; and all the crop above eight 

 buftiels per acre is clear profit. The profit of 

 the Old Huibandry does not come near this, 

 though the crops mould be as great or greater: 

 the fallows, or fallow crops, not equal in va- 

 lue to wheat, fo much reduce the farmer's 



profit, 



