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f From the above calculations the reader will 

 find, that by the old fyftern the farmer gets no 

 more by his farm than i/. gs. 5 <£ profit upon 



j one acre of land in fix years, or 4*. and iof^. 

 per acre yearly. The expence of labour 13 cal- 

 culated higher in the above ftatement than it 

 aftualiy coils him, or he could not pay his rent 

 and maintain his family. Now the profi: by 

 the new fyftem is, in the fame fpace of time, 

 ijL 6j. yd. which makes ih 17 s. c^-d. yearly 

 per acre, in the fix years rotation of crops — 

 more than 100 per cent, in favour of the new 

 fyftem. 



There is in the above eftate an open pafture 

 called the Horfe-car, which is let at 2s. 6i.per 



] acre ; and the tenants fay it is of no fervice to 

 them ; but, under proper cultivation, 5/. per 

 acre yearly profit might be derived from it. — * 

 Then the tenant may well be furprifed when 

 he is charged a new rent of 1/. 3/. per acre, 

 though he now pays only 15^.5 and indeed he 

 is very high-rented according to the fyftem of 

 agriculture he follows* 



The lofs fuftained over two thoufand acres 

 of land is 29,625/. in fix years. If that num- 

 ber 



