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Befides, the whole expcnce of manuring ought 

 not to be charged to this experiment, the fucceed. 

 ing crops clearly evincing the great advantage they 

 received from it* for it is. worthy remark, that this 

 piece of land never received but the Tingle drefling 

 mentioned above to this time, arid yet has pro- 

 ducediftout crops of wheat, and potatoes alternately, 

 until lad fpring it was laid down with grafs feeds, 



and fown with oats. 



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No. XIV, On Black Oats— 1787. 



The fame land as in the laft experiment. The 

 preceding year it had carried potatoes, and received 

 one ploughing for a winter fallow. 



In February laft, another ploughing was given, 

 and on the 27 th and 28 th of the fame month four 

 WiHitetdt bufhete per acre of black oats were 

 fown ; this was earlier by about a month than oats 

 are generally fown in our parifh, and I did it with 

 a view to afcertain the effects of early fowing. 

 When the oats were ripe, I caufed exactly half an 

 acre to be cut with the fickle, arid flieavedj thefe 

 were threftiedouc, the proJuce was 49^ Winchefter 

 bufrreds— a quantity moil amazing in thefe parts. 

 The fucctfs of the crop I impute partly to early fow- 

 ing, and partly to good deep tillage; and I believe 

 the half acre was a feir.average of the whole piece. 



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