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planting horfe-beans. I had a piece of meadow- 

 land, or rather wet wafte, almoft conftantly under 

 water in the winter, and not unfrequendy fo in the 

 fummer. It produced little but rufhes, and (in the 

 agricultural fenfe) odier unprofitable aquatic plants. 

 Jn February laft, I opened, drained, and fgrrounded 

 it with a ditch, the earth of which I threw into 

 the hollow parts to render it level. It was then 

 ploughed in the fame manner as we plough the 

 clover-lays for wheat, by turning the turf down- 

 wards. On this I fet horfe-beans, and the pro- 

 mife of a crop is abundant; there being from 

 eighteen to forty-eight pods generally on a plants 

 and the rufhes feem to be eradicated. 



In order to bring a confiderable hollow in this 

 field to a level, I had the furface pared off a piece 

 of furze ground pafture, and laid upon it. On the 

 fpot fo filled up, I expedled the bed crop; but, on 

 the contrary, here the bloflbms dropt off confider- 

 ably, the plants had a blafted appearance, apd the 

 produce was inconfiderable. 



I api, &c. 

 Norwich^ Jug. 15, 1779. 



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