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Brought over — 560 

 April 24. Sowing by hand in drills, one foot 

 apart, and covering the feed, 13s. 



per acre — . — 540 



June 4. Hand-hoeing and thinning, 20s. — 8 O O 



0«5lober, Digging up, 30s. . 12 O 



Carting home, cutting off tops, and 



fecuring 10 o O 



Rent of land — » — — 800 



48 xo O 

 The produce was 640 faclcs, of 4 bufliels each, 



valued at 3s. a fack 96 o o 



Each fack weighed upwards of 200 pounds 



Nett profit of the crop ;^.47 10 o 



Nearly 61. per acre. Quantity of carrots, 8 tons per acre^ 



From experiments which I have made, I am 

 fully perfuaded that carrots are worth more than 

 three (hillings per fack, in fattening hogs. 



I will now proceed to give proof of the inefficacy 

 of burn-baiting when applied to the foil of Mendip- 

 hiljs, drawn from real experience, and defigned as ^ 

 caution to thofe who may be difpofed to adopt thi^ 

 mode of improvement, 



Having frequently met, in different authors, witJv 



^e TOoft flattering and encouraging accounts of 



P ^ thia 



