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that does amount to little more than a fifth 

 of the firft year's produce. 



And to fhew how extremely profitable 

 it is to landlords to act in this fpirited 

 manner, let us calculate the improvement 

 of an acre of bad land converted in this 

 method into good. 

 Suppofe 40 yards of drain- /. s. d. 



ing, in an acre, at 4 d. a yard, 613 4 

 50 at 6d. 150 



Ploughing the old grafs up; 



giving the land a fummer 



fallow of fix earths, in all, at 



5 s. the price of the country, 

 Seed earth for the oats, 

 3 buihels feed oats, 

 Sowing, - 



Mowing and harvefting, 

 Grafs feeds, - 

 Five harrowings, 

 Sowing, 



Mowing and raking the ftubble, o 

 Carting it off, 

 Manuring : fuppofe all expences 



included, 

 Threfhing 8 quarters of oats, 

 Mowing and making, carting and 



flacking the hay, 076 



Harrowing the manure ; and 



rolling twice, - - 010 



Three years rent, at 8 j-. 6d. 1 ^ 6 



Total expence, - 20 4 1 



Pros 



