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and neighbours, together with a ftatcment of the 

 feed and crops ; but find I fhall not have time to 

 do it correctly. I will, however, annex an account 

 of a crop of peafe fown with my machine in its lefs 

 perfect ftate, and hoed with a large breaft-hoe of 

 my own invention. 



In the beginning of April 1787, I drilled a field 

 of 17 acres, of poor fandy ground, on one earth, 

 after barley, with eight facks and one bufhel of 

 peafe.* The rows were twice hoed, and earthed 

 up with my breaft-hoe before- mentioned, at the 

 expence of lefs than 2s. 6d. per acre. My crop 

 from the harveft field was 63 or 64 full-fized wag- 

 gon loads j and though (not having completed my 

 threfhing) I cannot exactly afcertain the whole 

 quantity of peafe, I can do it fufficientlv near to 

 afifert, that I have above ten facks per acre, after 

 deducting the feed, befides the advantage of very 

 clean draw, and having my land*in excellent order 

 for my wheat crop. 



With my breaft-hoe, I found that one man could 

 with eafe hoe an acre per day, the firft time of hoe- 

 ing. A^d to (hew the difference between this and 

 the common hoe, I introduced three men with the 



• This quantity, though but half what is ufually fown broadcait, 

 js greater than was neccflary, and greater than I fow this year. 



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