t 4" 1 



General view. 



1 8 Acres of fallow 



46 grafs 



25 ' parfley 



28 — oats 



10 cabbages. 



127 



3tock of cattle, 

 4 Horfes 

 2 Oxen 

 200 Sheep 

 12 Young cattle 

 26 Scotch heifers 

 2 Cows, 



1766. 

 No frefh land has been broke up fmce 

 the year 1765 ; Mr, Scroope^ upon confider" 

 jng attentively the Hate of his farm, at the 

 end of that year, found the improved land 

 too extenfive, and too good for the fmall 

 buildings he had at firft erected : He had 

 then jufl ten years experience of the nature 

 of thefe moory foils, and was convinced that 

 the improvement of them was a very profi- 

 table bufmefs. He had 46 acres of excellent 

 pafture land; every one of which would 

 carry feven fheep through the fummer, or 

 an acre and a half maintain a cow the fame 

 time. Such grafs is any where worth 15^. 

 fer acre, He had 109 acres in tillage, 



which 



