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fine order. I had them threflied about fix weeks 

 ago, and they yielded thirty-five gallons Win- 

 cheiter meafure, and weighed 296 lb. nett of fine 

 beans, not much the worfe for being cut fo green, 

 though I apprehend fornewbat lefs both in weight 

 and meafure, 



I now beg leave to obferve, 



1/?. That as greater regard was paid to the 

 value of the feed than to that of the land, a much 

 lefs quantity was fown than might have been 

 raifed on the fame fpace of ground. And as little 

 benefit was likely to be derived from tillage or 

 manure, I flatter myfelf the air might in fome de-r 

 gree fupply the deficiency, by ftrengthening the 

 bloffoms, and preventing blights. 



But whoever makes fmall experiments of this 

 kind lies under greater difadvantages than would 

 attend them on a larger fcale, efpecially where the 

 proportion of feed is fo fmall, that every grain 

 deftroyed by vermin, &c. is mifled. And akho' 

 feventy-four for one is a great increafe, yet fifteen 

 bufhels and a half per acre is not a profitable crop 

 pf bearjs, 



'idly. I judge this fpecies of beans in general 

 to be a great bearer, and hardy^ as the dry wea- 

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