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*' A letter in the third volume of the Mu 

 *<- feum Ru/fauw, page 332, figned V, reckons 

 * the clear profit of land i.i tillage near Bury 

 " at about fifteen (hillings per acre. According 

 <f to mv calculation, as alove, the clear an- 

 ' nual profit is one pound one (hilling, in my 

 " neighborhood, in the old way. But a 

 '.' ve4-y ingenious t r e tife, in the fifth number, 

 * in the Foreign Eflays on Hufbandry, page 

 ** 322, recommending the culture of tainfoin 

 " and clover, with intermediate crops of corn, 

 " written by M. De L'Harpe, eftimates the 

 * clear profit of one acre at one pound (even- 

 " teen (hillings. Therefore, as his method 

 " feems a very good one (though it is cer- 

 *' tainly the higheft calculation of any I ever 

 " met with), I (hall compare the clear profit 

 *' to be expected in the drill culture with his 

 ** calculation. 



1. s. d. 

 44 Mon De L'Harpe reckons"] 



" the annual produce of fixty 1 1 70 o o 



** acres to be worth J 



* From which he deducts for^j 



"'expences ten (hillings perl , 



" acre, and rent ten millings J 



" per acre J 



* Clear annual profit on 69 acres 1 1 o o o 



N 3 Drill 



