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Their flocks of fheep vary greatly ; from 

 thirty to three thoufand : The profit they 

 reckon 5 /. each ; that is, lamb 4 s. and 

 wool 1 s. They feed them both winter and 

 fpring on the commons. The average of 

 the fleeces 3 lb. 



They reckon fix horfes neceflary for the 

 management of an hundred acres of arable 

 land; ufe two or four in a plough, as the foil is, 

 and do three acres in two days. They ac- 

 count the expence of keeping a horfe at 61. 

 a year. The liimmer joift 2 /. 2 s. 



They do not begin to fallow till after the 

 barley lowing. The price per acre of plow- 

 ing 5 j. and 5J. 6d. and the common depth 

 four inches. 



They know nothing of cutting flraw for 

 chaff. The hire of a one horfe cart 2s. 6d. 

 a day. 



Three hundred pounds they aiTert is a 

 fum fufficient for flocking a farm of 100/. 

 a year. 



Land fells in general at about thirty years 

 purchafe. 



Tythes in general gathered. 



Poor rates ixPenrith is. ^d. in the pound. 

 In the country parifhes bd. and upwards, 

 but in fome nothing at all. The employ- 

 ment of the women and children (binning, 

 and fome knitting: All drink tea. 



Many eftates from 40/. to 200/. a year. 



The 



