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Khlnk it more advisable than waiting till the meeting of Cultlvatloa of 

 Parliament ; sliould it occur to you that any further in- heans and 

 formation is requisite, I will be much obliged to you to ' * . 



acquaint mc with it. I think I may, without arrogating 

 too much, say, the manner in which the crop was worked 

 and got into the ground, and its present appearance, is 

 not inferior to any thing which has been done in any part 

 of the kingdom. The accounts of expense were kept 

 with great care and attention. I shall be highly grati- 

 fied in being successful in my application for the medal. 

 Should any information be wished by the Committee, 

 my friend, Mr. Greene, of Bedford-square, would wil- 

 lingly attend, as he expressed great pleasure at what he 

 saw whilst we were putting in the crop. It has drawn 

 the attention of the farmers in the neighbourhood ; and 

 when I come over it again, I hope they will be sensible of 

 the advantages resulting from the plan. I am this winter 

 trying an experiment in feeding milch cows, and selling 

 the milk to the poor, who have hitherto been extremely 

 ill supplied. I concdve, by feeding the cows with green 

 food and oil-cake, I can furnish the milk as cheap, and 

 with as much profit as in summer. I give each cow four 

 gtone of green food, at l^d. per stone, four pounds of 

 oil-cake at Id. straw 2d. making the total one shilling. 

 New milk is 2d. per quart — any thing above six quarts 

 is profit. I have thirty cows, mostly heifers; these 

 afford less milk ; but I can dispose of them without loss 

 in March or April, having no keeping in summer, or de- 

 sign to interfere with other farmers. I sell near two 

 hundred quarts per day, besides my own consumption, 

 farm-house, &c. &c. The cattle are in admirable order. 

 1 keep them in open sheds, and turn them out several 

 hours every seasonable day. The crops here were in 

 general good. I had an acre and three rood of carrots, 

 which produced five thousand stone ; the ground was by 

 no means good ; but they were sown upon ridges, gather- 

 ed as high as possible, with a double mould-board 

 plough, and kept well worked during the summer. My 

 success will induce many trials. I give five pounds each 

 day to my horses, instead of oats, which saves me sixty 

 Winchester bushels per week, or <j^20. The Bishop of 



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