GRAZING. 



d. 



Slatemtnl. 

 Sr. 



To rent of 200 acr<"s, average value 4CJ-, an 



acre .... 



'ro tithe and taxes, fay 

 Feb. To fifty oxen, at 11/. 

 July. To fifty oxen, at 7/. 

 To mowing and making fifty acres of hay, at 



lOx. ..... 



To lliimming and making fifty acres of fum- 



raer-lea/.e, at y. . . . 



To wages throughout the year, bcfides the 



farmer's labour ... 



To accidents .... 



1452 10 o 

 To profit (intcrefl of capital and accidents 



included) - - - 277100 



Cr. 



Oa. By fifty oxen, at 18/. 

 f.Iay. By fifty oxen, at 13/. 

 By profit on feventy (heep, fummer kept 

 By profit on ten colts ... 



By profit c'l two hundred fliecp winter fatted, 

 and fold in April unfliorn 



And on the rich grazing lands in Lincolnlhire, according 

 to the latter writer, the practice feenis to afford a much 

 greater advantage to the farmer; as the account, given 

 by T. Fydell, efq. M. P. for twenty acres, in 1796, ilaiids 

 thus : 



Stalemcnt, 

 Dr. 



To 1 3 Ix-ails, at 12/ each 

 To 80 (heep, at 46^. 



Thhe 



Dyke-reeve 



Rates 



Shepherding 



Expences 



Xiofs, fuppofed one Hieep 



Iiitereil one year 

 One year's rent 



Hire of a clofe for the winter, for 35 

 ftieep . , . - 



Profit 



Vol. XVI. 



£. s. J. 



216 o o 



184 o o 



By 18 beaPts, at 19/. jj. 

 By 80 (heep, at 55/. 

 By J2 tod of wool, at i^ 



£. / J. 



346 10 » 



220 o o 



44 4 o 



610 14 o 



And that " tl.e difTerence between the buying and felling 

 price, lofs dedudtcd, 2c8/. 8/., is the produce of the land, 

 or 10/. 8/. per acre, which is very great indeed, and ftiewi 

 that tliis land would let at 5/. ^t. an acre, fuppofing thi» 

 year to be an average one. 



" This diffcrei.ce of rent wauld dcduft 44/. from the 

 profit of 87/. and leave 43/. which, with 21/. charged, make 

 64/ ; intcreil on the year's advance of 546, or u^ per 

 cent.'' 



But in the fyftem of graii.ng purfued in fotne of the 

 fouthcrn rich marlliy dillritts with (heep, as flated fome 

 time ago, the amount Itands as bi.low, according to Mr. 

 Price ; but at prefcnt the profit mull be n.ich higher, 

 from the improved management of the Romncy Marlh 

 gra/.iers in general. 



Account r,f Sloch bought in for Fifty Aim of Frrfure Land, 

 for the Tear 1778. 



310 barren ewes, at lA i.r. each 

 90 South Down wcihers, at do. 

 1 o (leer runts . . . 



10 SufTex oxen 

 8 Steer runts 

 Rent, at 30J. per acre 

 ILxpences, at 5/. per acre 



Stoch fold off Fifty Acres of Paf.ure Laid, in tie Tear 



£. J. 



4'^3 10 



139 10 



130 o 



150 o 



i3 o 



72 o 



I 16 



506 o o 



I- 10 o 



523 10 o 



87 4 o 



610 14 o 



17SS-89. 



310 barren ewes, at 31/. each 

 90 South Down wcihers, at do. 

 10 ilcer runts, at 13/. each 

 10 SufTex oxen, .it 15/. each 

 10 ditto, to keep 18 weeks, at zs. per 

 week each ... 



8 ilecr runts, fold at 9/. each 

 2 ditto, to keep 12 weeks, at is. 6d. per 



week each ... 



8 packs 3 draughts of long wool at 

 8/. let. .... 



li ditto of fine wool, at 12/. 



Total 

 Deduct 



Clear profit 



Profits on Fatting Land, al/otving los. for each Sbetp. 



One acre. 

 Winter, 2 barren ewes, off in May 

 Sumu-.er, 5 wetiiers, off at Michaelmas 



Wool of 7 (heep, at is/, per pack 



One bullock to fat 



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