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large quantity of turnips may not have it in hi* 

 power fo to do ; though every one can fow a fuffi- 

 cient quantity of feed for the fly and himfclf too. 

 Take this as a hint of my thoughts on the drill- 



hufbandry.* 



I have known many great lofles fuftained for 

 want of a good plant of corn; but very little lcfs 

 by its being too thick: we can eafiiy thin any 

 corn, grain, or feed, when young, but we cannot 

 fo well add to it. Now, we are certain that all 

 corn, grain, or feed, have many enemies that prey 

 upon it; and the only way I know of to guard 

 againft them, is to keep the land fweet and clean 

 by good tillage, and fow it full thick enough, 

 rather than too thin; for although a thin plant 

 may in a favourable feafon turn out a good crop, 

 yet it is liable to many damages more than a thick 

 one. Among thefe are the mildew, the grub or 

 Aug; and many infects will eat it rather than 



* We clearly perceive that our correfpondent is not a friend to 

 the drill-hufbandry. This, we apprehend, proceeds from his not 

 attending with his ufual accuracy to the many inconteftible advantages 

 rcfulting from this improved mode of Agriculture. He has indeed 

 fully granted the principles on which the driU-hufbandry i« founded, 

 by recommending the land to be M keptfiueet and clean from <weeds\* 

 but he feems not to have recollected, that this cannot by any expence 

 or labour be Co eafiiy done in the broadcast, as in the drill-hulbandry. 



weeds; 



