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After harveft, the weeds were cut up round the 

 turnips with a h mil-hoe, and they grew very large 

 and vigorous. They were of the purple and white 

 long kind, and the crop proved nearly as good as 

 the fame land produced in common. 



The farmer fed them off the field in December, 

 and ploughing in the ftubble, left it in that ftate 

 till March, when he prepared it by two more 

 plough ings for barley and clover, of which he 

 had a crop that yielded near forty bulhels per acre, 

 and the plant of clover was fo good that the cattle 

 preferred the ftraw to common hay. 



I am, your very humble fervant, 



B d, Oft. 6,1781. T. N. 



Article XXXIV. 



On Quick-Hedges. 

 [By a Gentleman near Bridgwater.] 

 Gentlemen, February 21, 1783. 



AVING been lately through Gloccfterfhire, 



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or at lead that part of it between Bath and 

 Cirencelkr, I was much furprized to fee fuch a 

 number of dead wall fences ftill remaining, to the 

 difgracc of the country and its owners. 



If 



