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fituation in which it is to remain ; and I 

 cannot but think it a moft beneficial one : 

 for here are 848 acres of arable land thrown 

 into the common courfe, of, i. turnips; 

 2. barley ; 3. clover; 4. wheat ; which, for 

 dry found loams, is the moft advantageous of 

 thofe ufed by any common farmers : befides 

 this trad:, there are 318 acres annually in 

 cabbages and carrots, 330 of lucerne, and 

 424 of natural grafs ; fo that the flock of 

 cattle is im.menfe ; and, confequently, the 

 whole farm in a perpetual ftate of manur- 

 ing ; the common crops muft therefore be 

 vaftly confiderable. 



In the management of cattle to food, I 

 fuppofe the 330 acres of lucerne this year 

 to maintain no more than 330 cows, which 

 ■ will be winter-fed (with the affiftance of 

 firaw) by 66 acres of the cabbages ; of the 

 remaining 146 acres, 80 are for fhecp, and 

 66 vv^llfat three times as many beafts, or 1 98, 

 The 106 acres of carrots fat 212 oxen. 

 Of fheep I have fuppofed fo large a flock 

 as 5000, on account of the great proba-r 

 bility of there being a right of commonage 

 annexed to the tarm. Indeed, if a man 

 chufes, in this cafe, there can be no doubt 



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