[ *59 ] 

 marie. They fometimes find perfect cockle 

 and periwinkle fhells, nine yards deep, in 

 beds of marie. The furface is from one to 

 four feet of thicknefs above it : Twenty- 

 three fquare yards does an acre. It is quite 

 foft and foapy. The land will be for ever 

 the better for it : It does befl on light foils. 

 The marie husbandry here is to plow three 

 years, and let it lie three. They find a ie- 

 cond, and even a third marling, to anfwer 

 well : The average expence about 4/. per 

 acre. 



Lime they alio ufe : Lay fifty windles per 

 acre, at u. 4^. per windle ; and fometimes 

 up to eighty and an hundred j the expence 

 to 5/. and 1 1. \os. per acre ; lafts gene- 

 rally four or five years in great heart j but, 

 with very good management, for twenty 

 years. 



Good grafs letts from 301. to 35^. an 

 acre -, they ufe it chiefly for cows, and reckon 

 an acre and a quarter fufficient for the fum- 

 mer feed of a cow, and four fheep to the 

 acre. They manure their paftures with 

 both marie and lime. The breed of their 

 cattle long horned. And it will not here be 

 amifs to remark, that Lancafiire is famous 

 for this long horned breed, fo that cows, 

 which come of thorough-bred bulls (and 

 they are very curious in their breed) will fell 

 at very high prices, up to 20 and 30/. a 

 cow, if they promife well for producing 



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