92 



DICKSON ON THE PROFITS OF 



Dr. £ s. 



To eight acres of 



land, at 26s. 9d. 10 14 

 120 loads farm- 

 yard manure, 



at 4s 24 



„ Drawing 3 



„ Spreading 1 



„ Ploughing 3 



„ Harrowing and 



rolling 



„ 80 pecks of seed 5 



„ Drilling 1 



„ Rolling and 



16 

 



8 



1 12 



harrowing 



„ Hoeing 



„ "Watching 



„ Eeaping 2 



„ Carting 2 



„ Thrashing 5 12 



„ Tithe 



„■ Poor Rates 16 



3 , Church and sur- 

 vey-rates 



Wheat. 

 d. 







8 

 8 

 



1 12 







12 



Balance, or profit 13 10 



£78 8 



Cr. £ s. d. 



By 224 bushels of 



Wheat at 5s. 6d. 61 12 



„ Straw 16 16 



£78 8 



"As £13 10s. appears to be the profit that a Norfolk farmer 

 has on growing eight acres of wheat, I beg to call attention to 

 the following : — An Irish gentleman, Mr. Cassidy, of Glen- 

 brook, Mugherafelt, Ireland, in writing on the 26th ult. to the 

 secretary of the Belfast Flax Society, says—' I have read 



