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winter fodd of the draught oxen, ftraw and 

 hay, but never work on ftraw alone : They 

 prefer horfes fo much, that oxen are going 

 out of ufe by degrees* The time of break- 

 ing up their ftubbles is at Candlemas ; from 

 four to feven inches deep > the price of 

 ploughing from y. 6d. to 5*. And that of 

 a cart, three horfes, and driver, 4*. 



They know nothing of cutting ftraw into 

 chaff. ' 



They calculate, that a man who hires a 

 farm of 500/. a year, mould have from 

 two to 3000/. 



Land fells at thirty years purchafe : Very 

 few fmall eftates. 



Tythes in general compounded. 



It is not the cuftom for the farmers to 

 raife any thing, by way of rate, for the 

 maintenance of their poor, but each keeps 

 his own fhare : As to the expence, it fcarce- 

 ly amounts to a farthing in the pound. The 

 poor women and children have no employ- 

 ment. They are not tea - drinkers, but 

 fmoke tobacco immoderately. 



The farmers carry their corn eight miles. 



The ceconomy of their farms may be feen 

 from the following fketches. 



6000 acres in all 80 oxen 



2000 arable 30 cows 



4000 grafs 200 young cattle 



£•1050 rent 8000 (heep 



100 horfes 12 men 



6 boys 



