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ing. I carted, cleaned, topped, and laid up part 

 of this crop, but thofe expenccs have nothing to 

 do in the companion with turnips. Before I pro- 

 ceed, allow me a few remarks. 



Fifteen years ago I cultivated carrots upon an- 

 other farm of this eftate, but I was then ib young 

 a farmer that my expences ran much higher than 

 thefe : I had a bailiff who had a great opinion of 

 contract work ; by his advice I hoed and took up 

 by the acre. But experience has long fince told 

 me, that that mode of doing work is as extrava- 

 gant in any unufual bufinefs, as it is beneficial in 

 the common routine of a farm. At Woodbridge, 

 hoeing carrots from general practice has as fixed 

 a price as turnips, viz. a guinea an acre for three 

 hoeings ; but where the cultivation is unknown, 

 day work I have found greatly preferable to con- 

 tract. I mould however obfervc, that if the fum- 

 mer had not been remarkably dry, my expence of 

 hoeing might have been higher, for my foil, a 

 gravelly, fandy loam, with {tones, is much worfe 

 to hoe than the pure fands of Woodbridge: the 

 chief difficulty arofe from the quantity of the 

 Polygonum aviculare, which was the predominant 

 weed, fo tough a one that fcarcely any hoe will 

 cut it. Your correfpondent Mr. Billingfley re- 

 ports expences which amaze me ; 13s. an acre for 



fowing 



