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made spirits exported were known, the actual amount of cleared 
land in the United States might be approximated : though part of 
this export has been considered under the article cleathing. 
I am not at this moment aware of any material fallacy in the 
above calculations : when I am further instructed, I shall be glad 
to correct my suppositions. 
Would it be too much to calculate the average value in the 
market, of each acre of cultivated land in the United States, at ten 
dollars ? I think not. It follows then, that the yearly produce of 
our agriculture is worth six hundred and forty millions of dollars ! 
How the bloated panygerics on foreign trade, dwindle into com- 
parative insignificance, when set in competition with this ! Can we 
avoid recollecting the old fable of the Frog and the Ox, so emble- 
matic of the subject ? 
If the potatoe and the turnip culture, with that of carrots and 
beets for cattle on sandy grounds, were introduced into the regu- 
lar rotation of crops in this country as in England, I have no hesita- 
tion in expressing my belief, that the produce of at least ten mil- 
lions of acres might be saved. The introduction of these crops, 
would also of necessity lead to a strict system of manure manage- 
ment, and the introduction of sheep to be folded for manure, and 
of tap rooted plants so proper in a warm climate, where moisture 
is not found near the surface. 
Of the quantity of Land necessary to maintain a Working Horse. 
Such a horse well but not extravagantly kept, will consume 12 
pound of hay and 8 quarts of oats per day. If his labour be com 
stant, not less than two ton of hay, and a hundred bushel of oats 
per annum will suffice. His manure will amply pay for straw for 
bedding. Manure when once laid upon land, is well worth a dol- 
lar a load of three horses, in that situation. 
Under the average cultivation of America, this produce cannot 
be raised on less than from 7 to 8 acres of land. Shoeing and 
stabling will cost half an acre more. So that the expence of a 
working horse, is somewhat more than that of a human creature. 
It is not only so on a large scale, but every traveller knows it is 
so, on a small scale also. 
When I travel in the back parts of Pennsylvania for instance, 
I allow my horse, as follows. Hay at night 25 cents: 16 quarts 
of oats a day, 50 cents : present to the hostler in the morning 
for cleaning my horse 12 1-2 cents : similar present at one stopping 
