12 On Ammal Labour.[Jan.

sition, it is only required that five oxen Should perform as much work as tour borses." The words in italics are mze, and 50 ingeniously has he joined them to the Six immediately preceding, that Some may conclude these are mine also. I never, however, professed that two oxen could perform as much work as two good horses.--W hat I stated was(in effect) this, that even if they cculd perſorm as much work, it would be cheaper done by the horses; and I hope enough has already been stated(relative to.the quantity ot food consumed by each species of animal,&c.) to make this exceedingly obvious. In his letter in your Magazine for September last, your correspondent accuses me of having advanced assertions unsupported by fucts. 1 have, however, stated, that 1 have had more work performed by one man and two horses, than by a man, a boy, and 51x oxen. Where are his facts and observations?=-Instead of advancing them, be has brought forward his“ Supposition," and a little monosyllable,“ It." <<]f, wmerefore(Says he) it can be Shewn, that five oxen will perform the work:ot four horses, your correspondent will,&6c." But does this gentleman really believe that five oxen can, For a year or two, perform nearly as much work as four horzes;* even with a much greater allowance of corn than tbe latter animals receive? If he does, he would be contra- dieted by nine-tenths of the experienced agriculturists in the kingdom. He Says, that 1 formed my calculations on erro- Deous data--“ that I Suppose Six or eight oxen are required, where only two or three are necessary," and that if 1 could Shew that the power of a Single horse 18 equal to that of three or four oxen, he would give up the controversy, and admit the validity of my conclusious. His arguments are founded on“ upposition 3" mine are very different, and rest on the Solid basis of experience! In caleulating on Six oxen against zwo horses, when the former animals are Supported without con, but in Such a manner as to Increase 1n value two pounds per annum each, i am warranted by the practice et a great majority of the labourers ot oxen. But, Sir, 1 have com- pared the expence of farm-labour, when performed by two 1orses to a plough, with that of different numbers of oxen, varying Ihe manner ot Supporting them according tothe :everity of the labour. This was doue in compliance with the modes of labouring among the warm advocates for oxen; and

23 the calculations are founded on Such a number of thesze animals tv a team as your correspondent approves, and Such, therefore, as be will not include in the number of“ particu« Jar errors,"[ am rather at a loss to account for his Silence on

* His hypotheſis having heen proved erroneous, the arguments he has built upon it, muſt be“ inconluſive" and“ nugatory.""