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the new method, would fave at leaft one hundred 

 and fifty bufhels of feed. Jf the favings of feed 

 then on one hundred acres would be one hu,ndred 

 and fifty bufhels, how aniazing would be the amount 

 of the' quantity faved on all the tillage lands of 

 Great-Britain ! ! 



This is a very interefting object to individuals, 

 and in a national view one of exceeding great im- 

 portance. It would therefore be very patriotick to 

 ufe every means to promote and extend the practice. 



This improvement in planting has all the pre- 

 judice of the common farmer to contend with. 

 He has been ufed, perhaps, almofl half a century, 

 to fow his land with wheat at the rate of two 

 bufhels and a half per acre/ and at harvefl too fre- 

 quently has obferved he has not half a crop j from 

 which he haflily concludes, that if he had fown but 

 half the quantity, fmall as his crop was, it would 

 have been but half as great. His land is frequently 

 in very imperfe6b tilth, very rough, and full of large 

 lumps; however, the feedfman fcatters tne feed on 

 the furface, and in harrowing, a part is covered fo 

 deep as never to appear, another is never covered 

 at all, but is picked up by the birds ; fo that it fre- 

 quently happens that not one-third of the feed ever 

 vegetates and arrives at maturity. But in planting 



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