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2 A 2 /. The product of a cow they lay at 

 5 /. They always ufe four horfes in a 

 plough with two men, and do an acre in 

 a day. The moft capital farm in the 

 neighbourhood is Mr. Whittington\^ the 

 keeper of the Sivan Inn at Stevenage : the 

 particulars as follow : 

 1200 Acres in all go Turnips 



iooo Ditto arable 40 Horfes 



200 Grafs 22 Cows 



£.700 Rent 28 Fatting Beafts 



150 Acres of wheat 800 Sheep 



annually 8 Servants 



400 Offpringcorn 25 Labourers 

 Mr. Whittington fows a good deal of 

 fainfoine, with barley, after a clean turnip 

 fallow ; he finds it lafts from 6 to 8 and 

 10 years, but after that time he ploughs it 

 up again. This hufbandry ought in gene- 

 ral to be imitated on the proper foils. I 

 cannot difmifs thefe particulars without 

 remarking, that I rode over a confiderable 

 part of his farm, and not only found his 

 crops very good, but clean, and all his land 

 to lie in a truly hufband-Iike manner, 



LABO U R. 



In harveft, 35 s. and board. 

 In hay-time, gs. a week and fmall beer. 

 In winter, is. a day and ditto. 

 Reaping wheat, 5 s. per acre. 



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