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fuch as hops: Bcfides, there are many gentlemen, 

 not to mention fubftantial farmers, who would 

 difregard the cxpcncc, were they afliired of the 

 advantage. But the charge is not fo great as 

 generally thought, when managed with an eye 

 to an extenfive culture, and not a confined one 

 for one or two particular objedts. Let us com- 

 pare them in this refpedt with turnips. Theore- 

 tical calculations arc rarely fo fatis factory as the 

 ;u;ual tranferipts of experience. I had this year 

 a field of eleven acres, lix of which were fallowed 

 for turnips, three under the cluttered potatoe, and 

 two in carrots ; the lad have colt, me per acre as 

 follows: 



£. s. d. 



Rent, tithe, and rates • 170 



One ploughing, (double the common price) 080 



Seed, four pounds, at is. 6d. c 6 o 



Sowing 006 



Harrowing - 010 



Three hoeings and one weeding 150 



Digging up - 1 0100 



£3 17 ^ 



When dug and left on the ground, I confider them 



in the fame ftate of preparation as turnips grow- 



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