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erally a bag which holds ſeven and one half buſhels is filled and ſold for a load of potatoes.

There is the ſtatute acre of 4840 ſquare yards, the cuſ- tomary acre of 6760 raiſed from thé perch of ſix and oné half yards, and a third acre on the borders of Lancaſhire, raiſed from the perch of ſeven yards, containing 7840, be- ing the ſame as the Iriſh plantation acre,

SECT. 2. Supply of London:

London is not much indebted to this county for its articles of conſumption. The little it receives from hence conúſts chiefly of butter, bacon, hams, and excellent blue ílates, which form a cover for ſome of the beſt houſes in the capital. Tt is probable that, after being fattened in the feuthern counties, ſome of its cattle and ſheep reach Smithfeld market.

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CONCLUSION.

Means of Improvement, and the Meaſures calculated for that purpoſe.

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SECT, 1.—Arable Lands.

CLOVER. In many counties of England the land is ſown with graſs ſeeds, and left to lie for ſome years with a view to refreſh and enable it to bear crops of corn; but in Weſtmoreland it is ploughed and ſown with corn in or= der to prepare it for graîs, When it hath been cropped for three years, and it is judged that the ſoil is ſuficient=

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