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horfe-hoed, or fown broadcaft and hand-hoed, would 

 produce the bed crop ? Mr. Mure was on the fide 

 of horfe-hocing, Mr. Macro ia favour of hand- 

 hoeing; and the point was tried on a field of Mr, 

 Mure's prepared for turnips, which was divided for 

 the purpofe, and the crops put in fide by fide, the 

 length of the field, each party taking care of the 

 crop, according to his adopted plan. 



After the bet was determined, I had the fatisfac- 

 tion to fee the field of experiment, where the broad- 

 caft part appeared to the eye as good as the drilled j 

 but I undcrftood 



Tons, 



The produce of the drilled crop per acre was i^ 

 Of the broadcaft - - - lo 



Superiority of the drilled per acre - 4j 



' Upon which Mr, Macro refolved ever after to 

 drill and horfe-hoe his turnips, and procured the 

 proper apparatus for that purpofe ; but unluckily did 

 no.t live long to carry his intention into execution, 



Thcfe turnips were weighed in what they call in 

 that neighbourhood, fkippers, (bafkets rather long 

 in fhape, in which they give turnips, &c. to their 

 cattle,) and it was obferved that a fkippcr full of 



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