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hoeing, or than any other way hitherto prac- 

 tifed of cultivating wheat. 



Mr. Doflie concludes this head with a quo- 

 tation from Mr. Wynne Baker, wherein Mr. 

 Baker reckons, " that in the broad-cad, con- 

 " fitting of afucceflion of fallow, wheat, and 

 " oats every third year, he charges nine bar- 

 44 rels of wheat per acre produce from each 

 44 crop. The fallow year is loft: and the 

 " oats, yield in value to the wheat, only as 

 " four to nine. In the drill way, he obtains 

 44 fix barrels of wheat every year, in a con- 

 " ftant fucceffion." It is proper to obferve, 

 chat this is on the plantation acre, which con- 

 tains 7840 fquare yards. The total expence, 

 including rent, communibus annis, in fifteen 

 years, iszl. los.inthe broad-caft; and 2!. 53. id. 

 in the drill culture, according to his ftate of 

 them j which is 4 s. 1 1 d. annually, in favour 

 of the latter. But the difference of the value 

 of the produce, which is to be added to this 

 faving, is fo great, that it appears, as he fays, 

 according to his ftate, " a farmer, having forty 

 44 acres of tillage, fuppofing him to direct his 

 44 attention to bringing it to the Drill Cul- 

 44 ture, would make, in fifteen years, 

 44 969!. los more than he can in the Com-. 

 44 rrfon Hnfbandry: which is fuch an advan- 

 " tage, that the greater profit in the drilling 

 u acre will purchafe the fce-fimple of that 

 44 in the Common Hufbandry at twenty-ftven 

 44 years purchafe, valuing the land at eighteen 



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