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'184 SECOND JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE IN 1814.The annuaI produce of a sep/arée of lucerne isfrom thirty to forry(juintals (of a hundred pounds). In sainfoin the septaréeyieIdsfifteen tot\,twenty; in vetches, fifteen to thirty'. The value of these articles varies,according to circumstances, from ,two to four francs the quintal.B. answers. The 1zectar makes aboutsevenseptaréesof thiscountry.In ordinary caIcuIation it is supposed that ,a septaréè of tillage grounâshould yieId about FIVE septiers ofwheat.H it bea tenant who occupiesJand,he cannot sow it with whitecrops .twoyearsiin immedi,atesuccession; he must Ieave it one en jachèr.e.Butifit be theprprietor,he may deriveaprofitfrorn it every'yearby the useoftheiartificialgrasses, some whereof last five or six years in the ground ;afterwllich wheat*, and the coarser grains subsequently, may be cultivatedfor severa] years.A $eptal'ée of sainfoin iS.worth,in'an'ordinary year,thirty-six francs; of lucerne, eighty francs.fourteen francs a septiert.Wheat iSiwortllthirteemorManure lbeing the souI of agriculture, too much pains ca:nnotbeem~ployed to procu,re it; but those lands which are adaptedtogreen€ropsare the ones whichcan easiestdispensewith it by the procedureunderwhich they are placed:but a manuringeveryfive orsix yearsissuffi..nient to keep land in due heart.It is weILknown that;limet is an im'!"provement to land; but it is costly to use here fOl' thatpurpose.If* The best flour in France is produced about Toulouse and Montauban. The œconomical millsystem here must enable them to undersell in this article.t The household loaf is sold at one penny farthing.per pound ourmeasure. Rest bread, the loafsomewhat short of two pounds (weighing thirty ounces) for two-pence-halfpenny.t They hum the lime in the rudest mannel'. The material, which presents itself universa!ly, isquarried ; laid by the pit in a heap, with wood fuel, and' set fire to J They do not'go to' thetrouble of constructing kilns. They arenot utterly ignorant on the subject: however, they are notyet aware of the improved principle of the inverted cone. What t~ey most exceI in is their drain.,age, which isboJd, costly, and judicious.