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Of the 5 coo acres unlnclofed on the 

 high wolds, there may probably be about 

 5C0 acres in tillage, halt of which is foweii 

 each year with barley, and half with oats ; 

 the produce may be, at a medium, 8 bu- 

 Ihels of the former grain, and 12 of the 

 latter per acre ; confequently here is an 

 annual produce of 250 quarters of barley, 

 and 375 quarters of oats: Reckoning the 

 barley at 1 8 j^. per quarter, and the oats at 

 1 2 J", the value of this annual produce of 

 corn is 450/. The value of the wool may 

 be about 500/. I fay nothing of the value 

 of near a 1000 lambs bred every year, nor 

 of the increafing value of the wethers and 

 hogs *, becaufe the winter's fuftenance of 

 the flock, will be at leafl: an equivalent to 

 the prolit on thofe articles : The winter 

 keeping of the fhecp will coft is, 6 d. per 

 head, and it is but too true, that the op&n 

 wolds produce neither hay nor turnips. 

 Thus we fee, that 5000 acres of open wolds 

 maintain about 100 inhabitants, and pro- 

 duce 625 quarters of corn; and that the 

 annual value of the corn and wool is 950/. ; 

 and yet I do not doubt but I fhall be able 

 to demonftrate, that the fame individual 

 land may, in a few years, and at no very 



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