GRAZING. 



ftatute acre. In general, the mfafure fhort from Saltfleet 

 to Sutton, there ftatute. In the Theddlcthorpcs, much very 

 <rood ; but fome low, and not well drahied. Marblcthorpv, 

 very good. Sutton, remarkable good and ftrong feeding 



land. . , r 1 



" In thefe marfh parifhes, the rich grazing ground of the 



firft quaUty lets at about 4.0s. an acre, and the reft about 



^o.r. Such as will not feed, but only breed, at 20s. to 25/. ; 



and this dillindlion of feeding and breeding is here alio ex- 



prelTed by faying, that one fort of marfh will feed flieep ; 



but the other, keep them in holding order, will make them 



hold the flefli they have got, but not fatten profitably. If 



the beft of thefe lands are compared with the graziDg diftrifts 



ot Bofton and its vicinity, it was remarked to him, that 



thefe are more naturally good, and much better watered : 



they have at all times plenty of freili water here, which is 



a great objeA; but for artificial fertility, locahty to fairs 



and markets, &c. the Bolton lands are much fuperior. 



The nieafure at Bollon, &c. is here faid to be more than an 



acre ; here lefs, not more than three roods, and the iiig land 



ftill iefs. On ten acres, at Skidbrook, eight beails and 



fixteen (lieep have been fumniered, and the flieep wintered 



alfo. And, in general, the marfii that lets from 30J. to 40J. 



will carry a beaft to two acres, and two flieep an acre ; but, 



perhaps, he fays, more generally one and a half (heep." 



With refpeft to the profit ot grazing the belt land, it is 

 ftated in this manner : 



Slatenunt. 

 A beaft bought at 20/. to two acres, at the £. s. d. 

 profits of 5/. - - - - 2 10 o 



Two fheep/>«- acre, bought in at 45.f. and fold 



at55x. 100 



Four fleeces at (jMb. 38/J. at 8(/. - - 1 5 4 



Either, therefore, the land carries more ftock, or it is too 

 highly rented. Grazing is accounted a profitable profeni')n ; 

 but when it is confidered that this 26/. capiri.l would ilock 

 five acres of good arable land, and that they could not be 

 reckoned to pay a lefs profit than from 12s. to ijj. an acre, 

 from 3/. to 4/. 5^. it will appear that the plough is much 

 more beneficial than fuch grazing calculated in this way. 



Mr. Kerfhaw, of Driby, and Mr. Bourne, of Haugh, 

 agree in the following marfh account for land there at ajj. 

 the acre. 



Prodi 



roiliice. 



Two flieep at loj. tlie fummcr 

 Two ditto in winter 

 Half the profit on an ox 



Espcnces. 



Rent 



Tithe 



Rates and dyke-reeve 



Shepherding 



Cutting thiitles and dreffing 



Ditches, folds, &c. 



Interefl of Capital. 



Bullock, half £.6 o o 



Two (heep 3 o o £. s. 



Rent - 2 o o o 1 1 



d. 

 o 



£. s. d. 

 100 

 I o o 



I 13 4 

 3 »3 4 



I 15 



o 3 

 o 8 

 o 1 



O 2 



C O 



Expences. 



Rent 



Tithe • 



Rates 



l)yke-reeve 



Shepherding 



Wafliing and clipping 

 Incidents 



Capital employed. 



Beads - £-io o o 

 Sheep - 4 10 6 



A year's rent 



At 5/. per cent. 



24 10 6 

 200 



26 10 6 



4 15 4 



£. 



Profit 



Going to look at ftock £.0 o 6 



3 » o 

 Produce - 



Expences 



3 '3 9 



Here the total intereft made is about 9/ per cent, on the 

 capital of 26/., and this leems to be rather inadequate, for 

 there is nothing for lofTes, which, in a courfe of time, muft 

 be fomething confiderable. The intereft made ought to be, 

 at leaft, 10/. per cent, after a proper dedudion for lolfes. 



- ^-3 13 4 

 3 I o 



Profit 



The grofs intereft rather better than 10/. per cent. 



Mr. Parkinfon, of Reevefby, obferved, that the rich 

 marfhes were better managed, and in better order, twenty 

 years ago, than they are at prefent ; the wold farmers had not 

 then got fuch poflcffion of them, and they were in the hands 

 of refident graziers, who attend much more to hobhhg, 

 which kept them fine ; for nothing hurts marfli land 10 

 much as letting it run coarfe, from permitting the grafs io 

 get a head. And he calculates an acre of rich marfh in 

 Wrangle, &c. thus, 



Expences. 



Rent 



Tithe 

 Rates 

 Shepherding 



Dyke-reeve 



Ditches, folds, and gates 



£ I 16 

 o o 

 o 6 

 o I 



230 

 -008 

 - o o € 



Interefi 



I 



