LF see) 
were induced to touch them, but were fupported 
upon a fmall quantity of hay during the winter 
months; I was not able to aflign any caufe for the 
averfion thofe ten took to roots, on which the other 
190 fed greedily and throve furprifingly. 
You remind me of my having been formerly a 
correfpondent of your refpectable fociety ; believe ~ 
me, I fhall be always ready to communicate any 
ufeful intelligence to the public, and fhall, at your 
requeft, proceed to give my opinion ona fubject 
of the utmoft confequence to the community. 
It has been long contefted by practical farmers, 
whether the drill or the broadcaft hufbandry is the 
moft advantageous. Thanks tothe ingenious Mr. 
Cooke for the invention of an inftrument, which 
has given a decifive and certain fuperiority to the 
- drill fyftem. The above conclufion is not drawn 
from any plaufible theory, but from actual experi- 
ments, made on various foils, and in various fitua- 
tions; I have proved its utility in Surry and in 
Suffolk, upon fands, fandy and clayey loams, or 
gravels and ftiff clays; the fuperiority in favour of 
the drill and horfe-hoeing fy{tem (as recommended 
by Mr. Cooke) above the common broadcatts 
amounts as near as poflible, on the average, to one 
year’s rent and ahalf. I fhall not trouble you with 
each particular experiment, but affure you they 
were accurate, and tried on lands from the yearly 
rent of 3s.to 30s. per acre. Two hundred pounds 
is 
