l82 THE PRACTICE OF. THE 



1, S. d. 



" Drill culture 3qrs. 6bufii. 2p.1 



" of barley, at 18 s. per [205 17 6 

 " acre, and for 60 acres J 

 edudl: for rent, 4.5 1 

 expeuces the fame 



Clear annual profit out of 60 1 



> 1 1 



acres 



5 17 



J ' 



". Hence it appears, that fixty acres in the 

 *< drill culture is more advantageous than the 

 V higheft calculation of profit made by mo- 

 " dern improvers. But this is not all, For 

 * the above is calculated from a horfe-hoed 

 e crop of barley; whereas, in many foils, I 

 '* am convinced, it is more profitable to cul- 

 * tivate wheat in that manner. I have had 

 " feven fuccefllve crops from the fame land 

 << without manure, and the foil is yet unim- 

 " poveriflied, and fown at prefent with wheat, 

 * the eighth crop. 



1. s. d. 

 4< I have had fometimes twol 



44 quarters of wheat on an \ i 12 o 



1 V, 



" acre, J 



" V/titrcas I eftimate the crop! , 



kC of barley at no more than J ^ ' 



* Put the clear profit from one^j 



" acre of drilled wheat may f 2 p o 



<< be J 



^ ^ 



" Thus 



