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raised ; Wheat, two bushels soyvn, and from sixteen 

 to twentv reaped; Rye, two bushels sown, and from 

 twelve to fifteen reaped; Buck Wheat, three bushels 

 sown, and from ten to fifteen harvested. The Barley 

 and Oats scarcely yield four times the quantity 

 toured ; manure is applied after the Potatoes for the 

 Wheat ; the latter have the benefit of the fallowing, 

 and the former of the manure. The manager, who 

 a man of skill, thought that when they had more 

 cattle, and consequently more manure, he should be 

 disposed to try the plan of sowing Wheat once in 

 seven, or even in six years, if the future prices of that 

 grain should present sufiicient inducement. This farm 

 is one of the few in which ail the labour, except that 

 of the oxen and their drivers, is paid for in money, 

 and not in produce. The common plan of threshing, 

 is to give the thresher a certain proportion of the 

 Corn. This varies with the productive nature of the 

 soil and the season, from the fourteenth to the 

 eighteenth bushel. Here it was paid for at the rate 

 of a florin, a trifle less thau sixpence, for the korzec, a 

 Polish measure, somewhat more than three bushels 

 and a quarter; the mowing, reaping, and other kinds 

 of labour, were agreed for, at proportionably low 

 .prices. 



Although this estate is well managed, and no rent 

 is paid for it, I was induced to believe the assurance 

 which was given to me, that it had not yielded any 

 Revenue to the Proprietor, in the last four or five 

 years, in his joint capacity of owner and farmer. He 

 had, however, a Distillery, and near it is a village, 

 with some establishments, on a small scale, for making 

 coarse Woollen Cloths. There is no duty on the 

 Whiskey sold in country places; and the supply of 

 that commodity in the neighbourhood, which is rather 

 populous, leaves a profit, though not equal to the 

 interest of the capital invested in the land, the farming 

 stock and utensils, and the erection of the distillery. 



