[ 4^4 ] 

 The dliiK)rition of the fields, therefore, 

 this year, was, 



1 3 Acres fallow. 



1 6 grafs. 



20 oats. 



lo ditto. 



And the ftock of cattle as follows. 

 4 Horfes 

 2 Draught oxen 

 194 Sheep 

 1 8 Scotch bcafts 

 1 o Young cattle 

 2 Milch cows. 

 Here I cannot avoid making a paufe, to 

 reflect on the furprifing improvement effect- 

 ed in fix years. A farm-houfe and offices 



eredted the ring-fence-wall around 900 



acres built thofe inclofmg feveral fub- 



divifions, formed 16 acres of good 



pafture-land gained and 43 in a courfe 



of tillage, all yielding very beneficial crops : 



a large ftock of cattle maintained 



and all this in a traCt of bnd that fo lately 

 exhibited none but the moft dreary of pro- 

 fpects ; and which every farmer in the coun- 

 try would have refufcd at a farthing an 

 acre ! Who moft defer v^es a ftatue ; the man 

 that cWetts/uc/j 'works ^ or he who conquers 

 a kingdom I 



1762. 

 This year, the cultivated land was en- 

 oreafed by the addition of 12 acres, which 



were 



