M2 coun. — Rents, Trofits and L<\hor. 



n sort of general rule fjr present purposes, the quan- 

 tity of 040 guntangs has been assumed as. the 

 highest rate which ryots allow, under ordinary cir- 

 cumstances iqay be obtained from one orlong of land, 

 But no correct information can be gat from rith* r 

 landlord or cultivators. Actual experiment has th* i = - 

 fore been resorted to, or rather a minute invesii^ii 'U 

 of the ripe crops, and the results have been so far si- 

 tibfactory as to prove that double the above quantity 

 •at least, or about 5,424$ lbs M could be raised on one 

 ©rtong, provided the whole field could he made equal* 

 hj productive with the portion mbwitted to test, 

 and this would, if only double, be equal to X87j bush, 

 els, or 139£ bushels by measure, to the acre, it may 

 be observed that the grain was not selected out of a 

 field for examination, but was taken in the straw at 

 raudom. But cultivation is subjected to so many 

 accidents, that granting the possibility of such a rate 

 of produce, we yet require facts to shew that 

 it can be extensively realized, or even a near approxi- 

 mation to it attained by judicious management. It 

 has been before observed that a bunch of rice is rais- 

 ed from six or seven seed plants. Bunches may be 

 seen at this moment in Province YVeJUsley containing 

 forty or even fifty stalks with an ear to each, and from 

 aix to seven feet high ; and the average number of 

 rice sTains to an ear has been found to be alioitf 250; 

 ami 300 have been counted in a single ear. Yet 

 great fertility is often a negative advantage, when not 

 accompanied by a disposition in u people to em- 

 ploy the leisure conferred thereby ou a large por- 

 tion of its numbers, in procuring the luxuries and 

 conveniences of life, and when want of demand for 

 these prevents its becoming a source of inci easing 

 its wealth; which last will be, of course, greatest, 

 -where a high degree of fertility exists along wilhsucU 



