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with barley ; and even thofe lands that will produce 
good wheat, they are often altersately fowed with 
it: The land that is rich and well manured, after one 
crop of wheat, it is ufual to fow it with barley. And 
if this be admitted, that the quantity of land fowed 
'with the one is equal to that fowed with the other, 
there muft then be a much greater quantity of barley; 
becaufe the fame number of acres will produce much 
more of it, and generally in a greater proportion 
than Three to Two. Thefe fads are fo well known 
that I believe every reafonable Farmer, when he con- 
fiders them together, will allow, that ^the barley can- 
not be in a lets proportion to the wheat than Three to 
.Two. 
If then we allow, to make a calculation, that 
they are in this proportion, though I think, from 
what I have obferved in the Country, the difference is 
greater, we fhall then nearly find the quantity of 
wheat from the Malt-tax ; becaufe the general con- 
fumption of barley is in malt. To ffate this as ex- 
adly as we can, it muff be remembered, that there 
are about fooooo quarters of wheat almoff annually 
exported, as appears from the Bounty-money paid 
by the Government ; and fome of it is made ufe of 
in mechanical purpofes at home, befidcs food. And 
on the other hand there is fome barley exported, 
though nothing near to the quantity of wheat, and 
a great deal of it given to fatten Hogs ; fo that the 
barley exported, and what is given for the purpofe 
■of fattening, may be thought to be equal, or more 
than the wheat exported, together with what is ufed 
for mechanical purpofes. Let us imagine that they 
are equal, for the error will not be great in this grofs 
manner 
