He apportions his land to different crops after this ratio:-- Wheat, 120 acres; oats, 80; rye-grass and clover, 50; roots, 60.

His live stock consisted of 300 sheep, 50 to 60 head of cattle, and 70 to 80 hogs.

His working force was from 10 to 12 men, 14 farm horses, and 4 nags.

It may interest some of my American readers to know the number, character, and cost of the implements employed by this substantial English farmer in cultivating an estate of 400 acres.

I noted down the following list, when he was showing us his tool-house:-- l.