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nature, fliould fo nearly coincide in their e/Fcds 

 when applied to the fame purpofe. Turnips, tur- 

 nip-rooted cabbage, carrots, parfnips, and fomc 

 other articles, by many experiments often repeated, 

 have been found quite adequate to the fame valu- 

 able purpofes, at lead fo far as to be more lucrative 

 than meadow or pafture. I omit clover and rye- 

 grafs, becaufe they have been long in general prac- 

 tice; but are in common very fhort of the advan- 

 tages which may be derived from the cultivation of 

 the other articles recommended. 



There is one other article, however, which is par- 

 ticularly worthy of the arable farmer's utmoft care 

 and attention, which he may rely on with greaf con- 

 fidence, if he will be at the pains of thoroughly 

 cleaning his land, and of keeping it fo for two or 

 three years after it is planted. The article I mean is 

 Sainfoin. From the miferable appearance it often 

 makes the firft year, I long doubted if its fuccefs in 

 poor land was not very precarious; but I have now 

 the fulled convidlion, that it will grow and produce 

 a very good crop in poor land, provided the foil be 

 dry, and proper care be taken to keep it clean till it 

 be fully eftablifhed in the ground. 



Small arable farms, which in a manner are quite 



deftitute of herbage, cannot well be fupplied with 



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