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cing rape in addition to turnips and cabbage, (tho' 

 cabbage ought by no means to be haftily excluded) 

 muft be evident to every intelligent hufbandman. 

 Two drills, which I left uncut, ftood the winter re- 

 markably welli fo that my fears were groundlels, 

 and I have no doubt but rape will on trial be found 

 to be the mod profitable vegetable difcovered, for 

 th^jirji and laft of a courfe of fpring>feeding ftieep, 



I fhall beg to add one other remark, which is, 

 that inftead of my ufual method of ploughing up 

 the ftubble, and fowing rape-feed as herein firft 

 mentioned, I am determined to fow the feed in a 

 prepared bed the firft of July, and when the ftubble 

 ground is ploughed and harrowed in September, tq 

 put in the plants, which I am convinced muft give 

 a ten -fold crop, and would greatly fupply the far- 

 mer's wants in April following, or ^mj; an excellent 

 crop of feed in Auguji, 



Exv^^CEs of an yfcre of 'Rape, £ ^* ^* 



One year's rent - - - 150 



Three ploughings and. harro wings - 126 



Three women fetting the plants -016 



Two men returning the earth with fhovels or 



broad hoes - - - I o 



A boy and cart attending the flieep 9 weeks, 



at 1 2s. per week - - -580 



Seed not worth charging - - 000 



£.7 18 6 



