[ 3 ] 

 winter in the field, their turnips being too 

 trifling to mention. The weight of wool 

 per fheep is about 3 lb, and an half. 



In their tillage, they ufe {\^ oxen and 

 eight horfes, for 120 acres of arable land ; 

 Four horfes in a plough abreaft, and do 

 from one acre to one and a half a day. 

 The expence of keeping horfes, they can 

 give but little account of; for their oats 

 they give only in the flralv, but reckon 

 the amount about 6 /. a year. Their joifl: 



in fummer is 45 s. The food of their 



working oxen in winter is little befides 

 ftraW ; they reckon both them and horfes 

 abfoluteiy neceflary.^-^The price per acre 

 of ploughing, IS, 6d. 



They reckon 450/. necelTary to take a 

 farm of 100/. a year, half grafs and half 

 arable. Land fells at Ao years purchafe; 



Poor-rates, (^d, in the pound real rent* 

 The poor have very little employnient froni 

 manufadlures ; fome trifling fpinnirtg : 

 Moft of them tea-drinkers. 



The general oeconomy of their farms will 

 be feen from the following fketches. Ons 

 contains 



280 Acres in all 5 Cows 



140 Arable 8 Bcall:5 



140 Grafs 8 Young cattle 



r, 1 60 Rent 1 00 Sheep 



8 Horfes 4 Servants 



8 Oxen 2 Labourers. 



B 2 Ke 



