There are feveral explanations requifite 

 here. 



I fuppofe the 20 acres of lucerne to feed 

 two cows per acre, and fat a heifer befides. 

 Ifurther fuppofe the 15 acres of cabbages, 

 with the affiflance of the ftraw, to winter- 

 feed 40 cows, and fat 15 beafts, to the im- 

 provement of 2 /. each. 



Thefe 35 acres yield therefore a produce 

 (with the affiftance of the ftraw) of 270 /. or 

 near 8 /. per acre. The reader, before he con- 

 demns the calculation as ciitre^ muft reflect. 

 Firft, That the annual cxpence of thefe 



crops is immenfe. And, 

 Secondly, That the 15 acres of cabbage- 

 land are manured every year with above 

 60 loads /?n' acre, of compoft, half ditch- 

 earth and half dung. 

 Now, if the produce was Icfs than 8 /. 

 this year, thefe crops would not be worth 

 cultivating. 



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