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Second year, oats ; which, after colefeed, even in this dry 

 year, were extremelj bulky, and yield generally a lalt, or 84 

 Winchefter buihels, per acre. 



Third year, oats. The crop alrooft as bulky, and yieldii 

 nearly as miicli as the firft ; for the crops of oats, after colefeed, 

 are commonly too llrong the iirfl ye^,r, and frequently the fcconi 

 alfo. 



Fourth year, wheat ; which is frequently too rich, or bulky, 

 and yields^ on an average, 40 Wincheilcrbufliels per acre. Pen 

 wheat, when clean, makes excellent feed for high lands. 



Fifth year, oats, with grafs-feeds. E,ven this crop is com- 

 monly very goodj fometimes as good as the firft year, efpecially 

 •if th« feafon is favourable. 



•Sixth year. Mowed f^jr hay, and fometimes ploughed and 

 burned as foon as the hay is <:arried, and fown with colefeed 

 p.gain. At other times the land is grazed^ one, two, or more 

 years, before it is ploughed and burned, and 'then fown with cole- 

 i'eed, 



* What is a crop of colefeed worth, if kept for feed ?' 



yinsivcr. A crop of colefeed commonly produces from 30 t0 

 84 builiels., or a lall of feed (the lafl is .84 bufliels, Winchefter 

 meafure,) and fells from 30 to 50 1. per laft. It is common to 

 e^t the young plants fir it, with fheep, and .then let the ifalks 

 fiandfor a crop of feed: which makes colefeed an extremely 

 prolitable crop.to thofe that cultivate it. A good crop of cole- 

 feed is frequently worth .as much per acre a^ the land that it 

 grows upon ; and as the feed is commonly fold in July^ the mo- 

 ney comes very feafonably, to enable many farmers to get their 

 other harveft forward. 



Feu-<jrain of all iorts, when clean from fmut. &c. makes moft 

 excelleiit feed for all high lands; sud it would b(i"a reciprocal 

 advantage to the fens and high countries, if the bell fen grain 

 was annually purchafed for feed to other diflri61:s. 



The fen oats are good, this year. The bell of thern ought to 

 be purchafed, to make oatmeal for the north, and for high coun- 

 try feed, and tlie word: ufed for horfe-corn : As there are navi- 

 gable rivers from ail parts of the fens to Lynn and other ports, 

 grain can be eafily conveyed thither, ^t fmviU expence, by water 

 carriage. 



Some perfons of integrity, extremely well fliilled in all kinds 

 of graip, are willing to purchafe fen oats,, &-c. and fend them 

 to the north, or elfewhere, on fair and honeft terms, for a fmall 

 proBt. If any Gcnileman or Company chufcs to be fupplicd in 

 •this manner, a correfpondence may be opened immediate!}^, and 

 any quantity furnilhed. You will oblige rae, by adding, that 

 \fuch as arc-difpofed to make enquiries, mcy addrcfs themlclves 



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