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portion of his crops making up for the failure of 

 others; and the farmer with his plain infttuments, 

 gradually drawn into a degree of hoeing culture. 



But as produce is too frequently very diftindl 

 from profit, a feries even of fuch crops will on 

 much land, from the expence of hoeing and ma- 

 nure, not equal a fhorter circle with intervening 

 fallows. On light lands proper for turnips, little 

 ploughing is necelFary to pulverize the foil, but 

 much manure necelTary to maintain its vegetation ; 

 on a heavy foil, little manure is necelTary for the 

 latter, but much ploughing for the former; yetithe 

 barley crop following the fallow on the heavy, will 

 fully equal in value the joint one of the turnips and 

 barley on the light foil. 



A general feries of crops can never without 

 much exception be laid down ; variety in the fe- 

 ries, and the utmoft cleanlinefs in fupporting it, 

 are every where effential; but what fhould be that 

 feries at the leaft expence and moft profit, depends 

 on fuch local circumftances as mufl: be left to the 

 immediate farmer. As to the ploughing with four 

 or five horfes at length with a heavy plough, when 

 a light one' and a pair of good horfes abreafl are 

 equal to the heavieft foil ; the throwing away a 

 large portion of feed in order to enfure a crop, and 



refufing 



