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This view of the ftate of tillage through- 

 out the counties I travelled, throws the 

 whole matter into a very clear light : The 

 refult is certainly furprizing. I never had 

 any conception that a juft proportion would 

 be found between the nature of the foil* 

 and the ftrength employed to till it; but 

 that all common fenfe would be put fo to- 

 tally to the blufh, as in this table, was 

 what I had little notion of. The equality 

 of the draughts, on fuch different foils, is 

 ftrange : The clay land takes no greater 

 force than the loam ; and the fand, within 

 a feventh part as much as either of them. 

 This mews clearly, that cuftom alone has 

 been the guide of the farmers in the num- 

 ber of draught cattle they ufe ; a piece of 

 abfurdity, which muft be attended with 

 wretched efFe&s on their profit ; and 

 fatal ones to the good of the kingdom at 

 large. 



Had the average draught of all foils been 

 no greater than requifite, the evil would 

 not have been fo alarming ; but three and a. 

 half are more cattle than neceiTary for any 

 foil in Engla?id y provided the hufbandry is 

 good. If fallows are broke up at the fea- 

 fon they univerfally ought, two horfes, or 

 two flout oxen, are fufficient for the ftrong- 

 eft of all foils, alone excepting fuch as are 

 on very fleep hills; and even in that cafe 



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