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fideration. If you fucceed, and they are intro- 

 duced, it is unknown whether your fuccefs be a 

 benefit or not ; whereas in other objects of greater 

 account, no fuch doubt can be entertained. I do 

 .not mean to find any fault with a wifh to fee gen- 

 tlemen- try experiments on parflcy, which I believe 

 is a"' valuable object, Or with the yellow vetch, 

 which I know experimentally to be one of* the 

 Jineft plants we have in England ; but they are 

 no points for Somerfet farmers to think of. As 

 to grajjes properly called, you fhould recoiled: 

 one fact, that the very fineft upland meadows, 

 or low ones on a good foil, that are found in 

 England, are thofe that have lead grafs. Jt is 

 the clafs Diadelphia that clothes the richeft in the 

 kingdom. 



As to any premium relative to the general and 

 indij criminate ufe of drill-ploughs and horfe-hoes, 

 particularly for white corn, turnips, or fainfoin, 

 I think all attempts to introduce them perfectly 

 vifionary; in fome meafure harmlefs, becaufe the 

 introduction will never be affected ; but hurtful to 

 every fociety that offers it, becaufe it will fhew 

 (to common farmers) that they are unacquainted 

 with the objects they patronize; and he whore- 

 commends the broadcast culture of clover will 

 do it with no great authority, if he couples with 



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