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consideration : It is a grain that much ex- 

 haufts the foil, and at the fame time that 

 the ufe of it contributes fo little to the 

 public good. Barley exported, or malted, 

 is infinitely more valuable to the public 

 than oats, feeding horfes for that work 

 which oxen would perform as well. 



The worft proportion in this table is 

 the amount of the exhaufting crops, viz. 

 wheat, barley, and oats, fo much exceed- 

 ing the ameliorating ones of peafe, beans, 

 turneps, and clover. The former amount 

 to feventy-four acres, or half the arable ; 

 beans, (as nine-tenths of the country ne- 

 ver hoe them,) are the fame, which makes 

 the exhaufling crops eighty acres, whereas 

 the ameliorating ones are only thirty- two. 

 This is very pernicious, and cannot fail of 

 cauiing a regular deduction from the pro- 

 ducts, which the foil would otherwife 

 yield. The quantity of wheat and barley 

 raifed is much the lefs on this account, for 

 the fewer the acres, with good manage- 

 ment, one may almoft fay, the greater the 

 crop, 



Having thus drawn the total of all thefe 

 articles into one view, we mud:, in the 

 next place, form a comparifon of the diffe- 

 rent fized farms, that we may be able to 

 determine, as far as thefe minutes extend, 



which 



