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 man, half grafs and half arable, is pal- 

 pably too great to be confident with 

 good husbandry ; twenty acres per head, 

 half, or two- thirds arable, would be much 

 nearer the ftandard of excellent manage- 

 ment. 



Candour requires me to remark, that 

 the proportions of the crops are not drawn 

 from equal authority with the other arti- 

 cles. In many inftanccs I was not in- 

 formed of the actual number of acres of 

 each grain ; in which cafe I fupply the 

 break by the mean proportions of the 

 courfes of crops in the neighbourhood; a 

 method that, probably, is not accurate, 

 but which is undoubtedly more to be 

 depended on, than any general calcu- 

 lations or fuppofitions ; for although it 

 is not exact, yet the deviations from 

 fact cannot well be great, or numerous ; 

 and confequently the proportions of this 

 farm not far from the average of the 

 tour. 



The fifth part of the arable land being 

 fown with wheat, is, upon the whole, a 

 good proportion, and does not look as if an 

 eagernefs for gain induced the farmers to 

 fbw too much of it. 



The proportion of the oats being fo near 

 that of the barley, is a very melancholy 



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