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I have weighed the produce of one perch, on each 

 fide of the road; there being, as you remember, 

 fome confiderable difference in the appearance of 

 the two pieces. The perch on that part which 

 appeared lighted:, weighed five hundred and one 

 quarter; and fixty times that weight, I believe, 



makes forty- two tons per acre, The perch on 



the other fide weighed eight hundred and a half, 



which is fixty-eight tons per acre. The former, 



as you juftly obferved, when they fhall have attained 

 their full growth, may be nearly equal to the latter. 

 This difference I account for from the firft having 

 been fown iri the beginning of March, and therefore 

 had not fo good a chance for growth as the others, 

 which were fown in the autumn, and planted out in 

 May. The fpring-fown ones were not planted out 

 till near Midfummer, and then in fo dry a time that 

 they were almoft fcorched up. Therefore I fhall 

 in future join in opinion with my neighbour Mr, 

 Billingslev, and always fow for autumn plants. 

 For which purpofe, the beft time to fow the feed is 

 about the middle of Auguft, and tranfplant them 

 off into fome warm garden, or other place in which 

 they may be flickered from very fevere froft, 



In the next place I fhall reply to your enquiry 

 about the quality and general value of the arable 

 land in this parifh. It is of a light, ihelly, ftone-. 



brafh. 



