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grafs. They plough four times for wheat, 

 fow two bufhels per acre, and reap at a 

 medium 20 bufhels. ' For barley alfo four 

 times, fow two bufhels, and reckon three 

 quarters a middling crop. They low but 

 few oats ; when they do, they plough but 

 once, fow four buihels, and reckon four 

 quarters a middling crop. For peafe and 

 beans mixed they ftir but once, fow four 

 bufhels, and gain in return on an average 

 three quarters. When they fow beans 

 alone they plough but once, fow them broad 

 caft, three or four bufhels per acre, hoe 

 them fometimes, but oftener turn their 

 fheep in to feed off the weeds. For tur- 

 nips they ftir thrice, hoe once, and feed off 

 with fheep. They ufe four or live horfes 

 in a plough at length, with a driver, but 



do feldom more than an acre in a day. 



This execrable cuftom is pernicious to the 

 profit of farming : It is ftrange the race of 

 landlords are not vigorous in their endea- 

 vours to root out fuch miftaken practices. 

 They reckon the product of a cow at 4 /. 

 The following are the particulars of a farm 

 here : 



150 Acres 100 Sheep 



120 Arable 4 Servants 



30 Grafs 2 Labourers 



£. 90 Rent 30 Acres of wheat 



9 Horfes 30 Barley, &c. 



10 Cows 40 Beans and peafe. 



LABOUR, 



