[ 99 J 



From four and an half to five bujhels. 



Crop. Crop. 



Numb. 38. — 30 Numb. 6r. — 15 



Average product, 2 quarters, 6 bufhels, 2 pecks. 

 Product from three and a half, 2 7 o 

 from four and a half, 



and five, - -262 

 from four, - - - 2 60 

 from two and a half, 241 

 from three, 2 4 o 



from two, - - - 1 70 



Another average may be formed out of 

 thefe, in the following manner : 



Product from three and a half 



to five, - - - 2 6 2 

 from two to three, -221 



In the firft of thefe tables there are 

 many difproportions ; very little gradation 

 is to be found in the product from a lefs 

 quantity to a greater of feed, or from a 

 greater to a lefs. Three exceeds two, but 

 two and a half exceeds three ; four is fu- 

 perior to three, and four and a half and 

 five to four; but then three and a half beats 

 all : Thefe are feeming contradictions ; but 

 then other points of comparifon are equally 

 clear; for inftance, three and a half is 

 much fuperior to two and to three ; even 

 four and a half and five much exceed two ; 

 from whence we may conclude, that three 

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