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horfes two bufhels of oats a week per liorfe, 

 and reckon the annual expence per horfe at 

 61. 6 s. The winter food of their oxen is 

 ftraw and fome coarfe hay ; and they calcu- 

 late the whole annual expence at lefs than 

 50 s. but horfes are the bed, though not in 

 proportion to the expence. The time of 

 breaking up the ftubbles for a fallow is 

 the beginning of March-, and the price per 

 acre of plowing 5 j-. They cut from five 

 inches deep to ten in light loams. They 

 know nothing of cutting ftraw into chaff. 

 The hire of a cart and three horfes is y s. 

 a day. 



In the hiring and flocking farms they 

 reckon for the taking one of 500/. a year, 

 that from 1500 to 2000/. is necefTary. 



Land fells at thirty years purchafe. There 

 are many freeholds from 50 to 300 /. a 

 year. 



Much land in this neighbourhood tythe 

 free. 



Poor rates in general low, from nothing 

 up to 2 s. in the pound. The poor women 

 and children in total idlenefs. They do not 

 drink tea, but fmoke tobacco unconfeion- 

 ably. The farmers carry their corn {even 

 miles. 



The general ceconomy of the country 

 may be {een from the following particulars 

 of farms : 



2500 



