.The Locust. 



an Ash pole worth ? I should suppose, that, take Kent, 

 Surrey, Sussex, Worcester, Essex, and all the hop-planta- 

 tions upon an average, a fair Jsh pole of sixteen feet cannot 

 be worth less than threepmce, besides carriage. At this 

 rate, and taking all the differences of the two into view, a 

 Locust pole is worth nearly a crown. But, suppose it to be 

 only ten times as good as the Ash ; nay, suppose it to 

 be only four times as good, it is then worth a shilling : and, 

 indeed, it is worth a great deal more. How, then, stands 

 the account of the acre of land for the twenty -one years ? 



At the end of the first Sias Years. 



Cr. 



2720 Poles, at Is 



Dr. £. s. d. 



136 



s. 



0 



Six years' rent 6 0 0 



Taxes and rates 4 0 0 



Trenching, at ^d. a rod .... 6 0 0 



Plants, at 11^. a hundred..,, 14 17 0 



Planting 0 15 0 



Six hoeings in three years ... 2 8 0 



Interest of money advanced.. 8 10 0 



42 10 0 



Profit 



£93 10 0 



At the end of the second Six Years. 



Cr. 



5440 Poles, at 1.?, 

 Dr. 



£. s. d. 



272 0 0 



Six years' rent 



Taxes and rates . . . 

 Interest on advances 



£. s. d. 



6 0 0 



4 0 0 



2 10 0 



12 10 0 



Profit 



£260 10 0 



