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his own manure and only 1 2 bushels of bones, which amount 
to £1 16s. per acre, and on 25 acres it will be £45. Another 
practice of farmets is the use of both bones and rape dust, 2 
qrs. of each, which amount to £4 16s. per acre, and £120 for 
the 25 acres. The average, however, of these three. modes of 
cultivation is £85. Similarly the average for the barley crop 
£45. That of the wheat crop £55, or as below : — 
FOR TUBNip CHOP. £. s. Acres. £. 
1. 3 qrs. of bones at 24s 3 12 X 25=90 
2. 5 loads of manure, 12 bush, of bones 1 16 45 
3. 2 qrs. Rape dust 24s. ) d l 
2 ditto bones ... 24s. J ^ 
120 
Average 85 
FOR THE BARLEY CROP. 
1. If the turnips are not eat off, 12 bushels of 
rape dust 1 16 X 25=45 
2. If the turnips are eat off, no manure, but 
more frequently 8 bushels of rape dust ......1 4 30 
3. If land in open fallow, 2 qrs. per acre 2 8 60 
Average 45 
FOR THE WHEAT CROP. 
1. If seeds mown, 1^ to 2 J qrs. per acre, or say 
2 qrs. rape dust 2 8 X 25=60 
2. If eat off, generally 1 qr. per acre 1 4 30 
3. If mown (having open fallows, and no sheep,) 
2^ qrs. per acre 3 0 75 
Average 55 
Or if a farmer of 100 acres who sows turnips, is prevented by 
the weather, or from the tenacity of the land, eating them off, 
and he mows his seeds, 
£. 
Turnip crop will average 85 
Barley crop 45 
Wheat crop 60 
Total 190 
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