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that they have laid too mucli : from hence 

 we have reafon to fuppofe, that of inferior 

 forts, the quantity Qiould never be lefs than 

 I GO. The price to the labourers for dig- 

 ging, filling, and fpreading, in pits where 

 they can throw dire6lly into the carts, is 

 from 2 5 J. to 305. .per 120 loads. And 

 in other countries where the chalk is drawn 

 up in buckets, the price is 6 d. per load of 

 25 bufiiels — after which comes the expence 



or filling, carting and fpreading. The 



total expence of the fir ft will never be Icfs 

 than 3 /. an acre, and of the lad: it will 

 be 5/. This expence is heavy, and ftiould 

 not therefore be undertaken where there is 

 not a certainty of its fucceeding, in railing 

 greatly the rents of the farms, the excel- 

 lence of the manure will not in that cafe 

 be the only enquiry, but whether the far- 

 mers think it fuch ; for if they have not 

 been ufed to it, or know nothing of the 



matter and if you cannot get tenants 



from, other places that dounderftand it, you 

 moft certainly will be a lofer, for you will 

 have to occupy the land yourfelf, whether 

 you would or not. But in countries where 

 ihele manures are knovvn, you will be un- 

 der nodiliiculty of thi^fort j fpreading 100 



load 



