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better, and be much richer, without more labour ; 

 and above all, if to his method he would add fome 

 other corredlions and amendments to his Syften> 

 of Agriculture, viz. 



In the firft place, (which has been frequently 

 mentioned already) he fhould never fow wheat 

 and rye together -, for thefe two grains, tho' of the 

 fame kind, do not thrive well in the fanae foil, nor 

 require the fame care in the culture, neither do they 

 ripen at the fame time, and never grow fo well to- 

 gether as feparate ; for when the rye grows well, it 

 almoft hides the wheat, which, being fo much 

 ihaded, neither bloflbms nor ripens well; therefore, 

 the grain is not fo large, nor of fo firm a texture, as 

 when the wheat is fown by itfelf. 



The fecond is, not to let his grafs (land too 

 long before it is mown j firfty becaufe it has been 

 fully proved, that hay is lefs nourifhing to animals, 

 when it comes to feed -, and Je^ondlyy becaufe, as 

 foon as the bloflbm drops, the plant is nouriihed 

 wholly from the roots, which impoverilhes the 

 land ; and finally^ I wifh him to keep a greater 

 number of fheep; but, inftead of feeding them in 

 clofe and hot flables, where they frequently die, he 

 Ihould feed them in inclofures near the houfe, or in 



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