Note 231 — CHAP. XVII. Of Differences between the Old and the New Husbandry.

This is when the Land has been well cleansed of Weeds in the preceding Crop, or Fallow, or both.

[232]This may be enough, if the Land be well cleansed the Year before, and considering that several Years in such there is no Occasion for Weeding at all: And as this Calculation is comparative with the old Way, we should examine the Price of weeding the sown Corn, which by the best Information I can get, was in the Year 1735. about 4s. per Acre for Weeding of Barley; and of Wheat, round about where I live, about 6s. and in Wiltshire, 15s. per Acre for their Wheat, amongst which much Damage is done by the Weeder’s Feet, and yet some Weeds are left.