AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF 



ing only 14 stones, will not be worth 145., if 

 1 6 s. be a fair price when it weighs 1 6 stones ; 

 as the quantity of kernel or meal is diminish- 

 ed, while the quantity of husk and refuse is 

 encreased. The same observations will hold 

 with respect to every other kind of grain. Were 

 this method adopted, it would readily have the 

 effect of improving the quality of every species 

 of grain. When the farmer knows that the 

 price will be proportioned to the weight, he will 

 be at all possible pains, by the right cultivation 

 and management of his grounds, to secure the 

 advantage of the best price. 



