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The two general divifions of the foil, 

 fmall tracts excepted, are into clay and 

 loam ; the former is ftrong and rich, but 

 wet ; the latter light enough for turnips, 

 and rich enough for wheat, which I have 

 often remarked, is the criterion of excellent 

 land ; the general average rent is about 8 s. 

 an asre. The farms are all fmall, rifing 



in general from 20 /. to 60 /. a year. 



The courfes of crops are chiefly thefe. On 

 the light loams, 



1. Turnips 4. Wheat 



2. Barley 5. Barley 



3. Clover one year 



On the clays, 



1. Fallow 3. Beans 



2. Wheat 4. Wheat 



And, 



1. Fallow 3. Clover 



2. Barley 4. Wheat 



For w T heat on a fallow, they plough four 

 or five times, fow nine pecks and an half, 

 and reap, at an average, three quarters on 

 clay land, and three quarters fix bufhels 

 on their loams. 



But one earth for wheat, on clover land. 



A fallow for barley confifts of four ftir- 

 rings on clay ; but on turnip land they 

 plough and fow. Three bufhels of feed 



ufed; 



