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long prevailed, the farmer feldom has a 

 threefold increafe. He lows four bulhcis 

 of oats and three of barley, and is happy 

 if he reaps twelve bufhels of the former, 

 and nine of the latter. He may plough 

 half an acre in a day with two horfes; 

 therefore, his crop being w^orth 1 8 s. if we 

 dedud: 12 s. for feed, tillage and rent, his 

 profit is 6 s. but the value of the ftraw is 

 not equivalent to the expence of mowing, 

 binding, and leading home ; 2 s. ought to 

 be charged for thofe articles ; and thus is 

 his profit reduced to /\.s. per acre. 



Our farmers flock nearly in this propor- 

 tion, viz. a Iheep for every acre ; a liock 

 of 500 fheep requires a flieep-waik of 500 

 acres, befides a winter's fupply of fodder. 

 Thefe fheep are finall, and when fat, weigh 

 12 or 14.11. per quarter ; the fleeces weigh 

 "^Ih. at a medium, which is fcarce worth 

 2 s. In this light foil they feldom ufe m.ore 

 than- two horfes to a plough, and never 

 more than one man, or a boy : Indeed, I 

 think a driver with two horfes quite unne- 

 cefTary. I have been furprifed in fevera! 

 counties, to fee two men and four able 

 horfes tilling the land, where, I am certain, 

 a man and tw^o good horfes would have 

 performed the fame work with eaie. Qwr 

 prices for common hufbandry work are as 



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