not equal to that raised by our best farmers, the dif- 

 ference must be attributed rather to the soil and 

 climate, than to any deficiency either of capital, of 

 skill, or of assiduity. 



On such property the Wheat sown was very insig- 

 nificant, and the proportion of that grain to Rye had 

 gradually declined of late years. One nobleman, who 

 Tanned his estate of 36,000 acres, of which two thirds 

 was tillage, and one third woodland, grew but a few- 

 acres of Wheat, and of late had sold no Corn of any 

 kind. From the ports of England being shut against 

 Corn, he had turned his attention to the production of 

 vine wool. On this estate there is a flock of 15,000 

 merino sheep, yielding on an average two and a half 

 pounds of fine wool, the annual sales of which amount 

 to one half more than the value of the sheep. Through 

 the five winter months, the sheep are fed with Corn, 

 chiefly Rye, at the rate of one pound per day, which 

 is estimated to be equal to three pounds of hay. The 

 proprietor calculated, that sheep thus kept yielded 

 nearly as much more wool as, added to the benefit 

 which the manure of the animals received from that 

 kind of food, was equal to the price he should have 

 received for the Corn, if he had sold it ; and that the 

 profit on this system was the value of the whole of 

 ihe hay, which would have been otherwise consumed. 

 Instead of selling, he finds it more profitable to buy 

 Corn. 



On the same property, the extent of land planted 

 with Potatoes, was upwards of 1,500 morgens, or 

 about 1,000 acres, the chief part of which were used 

 in the distillery, which seems an indispensable adjunct 



to everv well-managed farm. The calculation made 

 i * 

 there, was that two bushels of Potatoes yielded as much 



ardent spirit as one of Bariey ; and that the residuum, 

 after extracting the spirit, was equal in alimentary 

 power, for the draft bullocks, which are fed with it, 

 to two thirds of its value before the wort was ex* 



