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GRAIN CULTIVATED. 
tershire is in general by no means a hard tilled county; 
the hardest tillage is to be met with in the eastern 
district; the west and south bein^ more inclined to 
pasture and fruit, or the hop culture. 
ArMt Land. Acres, bu. per Ac. Amount. 
20,000 ac. common field, ■|-th wheat 4,©00 20 80,000 
120,000—light land, sandy orgravelly,-J 5 th wh. 12,000 20 240,000 
220,000—friable, or clay loam, J-th wheat 27,500 32 880,000 
360,000 Total in wheat. 43,500 1,200,000 
(Deduct seed 2^ bu. per acre . . . 108,750 
Nett produce .... 1091,250 
A Worcestershire bushel, upon which I have calcu¬ 
lated, contains 9 gallons, and will weigh, on the aver¬ 
age 70lb. this will produce 561b. of flour, and will, in 
its turn, make 70lb. of bread. I reckon 5 bushel per 
head of 70lb. to be a good average allowance per an¬ 
num for human kind ; and therefore conclude, that this 
county produces wheat for bread for upwards of 
200,000 persons. The population of the county is 
about 140,000: I therefore reckon, that, in a plentiful 
year, like the present, Worcestershire produces bread 
for 60 , 000 persons, over and above its own inhabitants; 
this surplus finds a ready conveyance to Birmingham, 
or by the Severn or canals coastwise, or to the popu¬ 
lous parts of Shropshire or Staffordshire, either in its 
raw state, or ground into flour. 
The stubbles of wheat are very commonly, and 
almost generally, mown in this county, raked together, 
and carried home for litter. 
Rye y for a crop, is cultivated only in a small propor¬ 
tion ; and the principal inducement to its culture, is the 
occasional 
