152 THE PRACTICE OF THE 



1. S. d. 



confequently the rent of fe-1 



" ven acres, in eight years, is/ 

 * Ploughing expences are, at! 



" moft, 155. per acre, I allow/ 



For the rent and tillage of fe-"l 

 " ven acres, in eight years, J 



<* The total produce of fevenl 



" acres, in eight years, being ! 153 16 9! 



* c valued at J 



" If we deduft for rent and ex- "1 Q 



pences of tillage J 



"There remains clear profit,from "I , , L 

 " fe ven acres, in eight years, J ^ ^ z 



<c which is one pound five {hillings clear annual 

 " profit, from one acre. And though this 

 " profit be not near fo confiderable as I be- 

 '* fore computed, from an adual crop of 

 44 barley, where the land was in fine order, 

 " and every operation of hand and horfe- 

 " hoeing exactly performed ; yet I judge it to 

 " be fuperior to the old method, and fuffi- 

 " cient to demonftrate the advantages of pul- 

 44 verization. 



The 



