( 152 ) 



In the above calculation I have charged 

 l/. los. for rent and alTeflrnent. This is nmore 

 than the cold clay foil about Grantham could 

 at prefent pay. It is ufed to breed Ihcep upon, 

 and cannot keep above a ewe an acre, v^ith a 

 Iamb in fummer. The whole profit arifes from 

 the lamb and wool, which does not exceed il. 

 per acre, with an addition of 2s, 6d. per acre for 

 the pafturing of a young beaft in the fummer. 



SECTION LXIX. 



A cheap and ready Method of rendering Land^ 

 zvhich has had large Timber upon it, ready for 

 the Plough — far preferable to grubbing or 

 flubbing, 



TO make the land on which timber trees have 

 flood ready for the plough, it has hitherto been 

 the cuftom to dig the roots up \ which by fome 

 is called dubbing or grubbing them. This 

 pradtice can never anfwer, unlefs in fuch places 

 where coals are fo dear that labourers are wil- 

 ling to dig up roots tor the fake of the fuel; 

 and even in that cafe th^ taking out the root 



leaves 



