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bubbles for a fallow is in March or April. 

 The price of plowing 3 /. an acre, and the 

 depth five inches. The hire of a cart, three 

 horfes, and a driver, is 3 s. a day. 



They reckon that a man mould be worth 

 300/. who hires a farm of 100/. a year. 

 Tythes are taken in kind. 

 Poor rates bd. in the pound; their em- 

 ployment knitting and fpinning. 



Twenty-one miles is the diflance the 

 farmers carry their corn. 



The following fketches of farms will (hew 

 the general ceconomy of the country. 

 200 acres in all 20 cows 



150 arable 20 young cattle 



50 grafs 2 men 



£. 100 rent 2 boys 



8 horfes 2 maids 



8 oxen 3 labourers. 



12 cows Another, 



20 young cattle 90 acres in all 



1 man 40 arable 



2 boys 50 grafs 



1 maid £. 50 rent 



2 labourers, 4 horfes 

 Another, 2 oxen 



300 acres in all 5 cows 



1 50 arable 6 young cattle 



150 grafs 1 boy 



j£. 140 rent j maid 



10 horfes 1 labourer* 



8 oxen 



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