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viniverfally pradifed. But in this country, and I 

 believe in many others, the farmers are led aftray 

 by a falfc policy which obtains among them. Many 

 of them at Michaelmas take in (lieep to winter at 

 4S. 6d. a head, and keep them till the firft week in 

 April, fo that they are obliged to keep their flubble 

 ground and eddiftoes'^ for the fupport of thefe fheep; 

 and by that means, when their land fhould be in 

 fine tilth for fowing, they have fcarcely a field 

 ploughed; by which means they commonly lofe 

 three or four times as much in their fpring crops 

 as they receive for the keep of their fheep. It is 

 true, as they obferve> it helps them to a little ready 

 money at a time they (land in need of it. But 

 furely it is extreme bad policy to take 4s. 6d. to 

 pay 10s. 15s. or 2cs. in eight months after j or lofe 

 fo much in the nett crop, which is exadlly the fame 

 thing. It will require at lead two acres for the 

 keep of each fheep, fo that the farmer receives at 

 mofl no more than 2s. 3d. per acre, whereas a win- 

 ter's fallow, if the ground be well prepared, is of 

 more real value than 20s. worth of dung laid on 

 the fame. From all which this corollary may be 

 fairly drawn, that the land intended for the crop the 

 following fpring, can be put to no ufe, the advan- 

 tages of which in general can by any means equal 

 a winter's fallow. 



• Grafs that comes after mowing. 



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