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them cut ftraw into chaff. The time of 

 breaking up their ftubbles for a fallow is 

 Candlemas ; plough generally four or five 

 inches deep. The hire of a cart and th;ee 

 horfes is 4 s. 6d. a day. 



They reckon 150/. necefTary for hiring 

 and frocking a farm of 50 /. a year. 



Tythes compounded for. 



Rates 3*/. in the pound. The employ- 

 ment of the poor women and children fpin- 

 ning flax. 



Leafes are both for terms of years and for 

 lives. 



The farmers carry their corn fourteen 

 miles. 



The following are the particulars of fome 

 farms in this country. 



