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that was finifhed before I received it. However, 
as I had got the machine, I was anxious to make 
fome trial of it, and having only one piece of ground 
at that time (November) in a poflible ftate to admit 
of drilling, a very foul and poor pea-ftubble, worth 
about 12s. per acre, I determined to begin with that, 
though the land was neither manured, nor in tilth 
for corn of any kind. The field confifted of two 
acres and a half of light, dry, loamy land, middling 
barley foil, and I drilled it at the rate of one bufhel 
of red Lammas wheat per acre, in rows, with nine 
inches intervals. My fervant man, an orthodox 
manager in the old hufbandry of the country, and 
very averfe to the drill fyftem, both on account of 
the apparent complexity of the machine, and the 
idea of the great lofs of land in the intervals between 
the rows of plants, was direéted to fix on any part of 
the field which he confidered as beft in tilth and con- 
dition, to fow it broad-caft, and to manage it exa@ly 
as he fhould think proper. He confeffed the part he 
chofe was better by five or fix fhillings per acre than 
the average of the drilled land, and he fowed his 
part at the rate of two bubhels per acre, the ufual 
allowance of the country; and during the growth of 
the crop he paid unufual attention to the keeping it 
clean from weeds, &c. The drilled crop being thin 
- fown, made but a poor appearance till June; the 
broad-caft, on the contrary, looked much more ver- 
dant and thriving during the winter’ and beginning of 
fpring, 
