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is no where fo fenfibly felt and experienced, 

 *' as in lands that are fo fituated as not to ad- 

 " mit of manure, but at fo heavy an expence 

 * { that their crops would by no means anfwer; 

 * the great advantage of this culture is in this 

 " cafe felf-evident, where a crop, at lead 

 44 worth from forty (hillings to three pounds, 

 " is obtained at the expence of fifteen millings 

 44 beftowed in tillage, and five (hillings in 

 44 feed: a very handfome return for land, 

 44 which, under fuch circumftnnces, cannot 

 44 be valued at more than five or fix (hillings 

 * an acre. Immenfe quantities of land are 

 44 thus circumftanced, and by this method are 

 44 capable of incredible improvement, provided 

 44 the owners or occupiers could provide a 

 44 competent number of workmen and horfes 

 44 for the purpofe." 



The number of men and horfes, neceflary 

 for the New Huibandry, are not to be com- 

 puted from the number that is neceffary in the 

 Old Huibaudry, for the lame extent of land ; 

 for, whatever number of horfes are ufed in the 

 Common Hufbandry, one half that number is 

 fuificient for horie-hoeing the fame land ; Mr. 

 Craik ufed but two horfes for hoeing, and Mr. 

 Baker but two in his ilirF land, except in un- 

 commonly hot days : and one man is fufficient 

 to drive a team of four horfes ; but \\here only 

 two horfes are employed, a driver is not ne- 

 ceilary even in the Old Hufbaudry, much Ids 

 in the New; in which the Itraight ridges guide 



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