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weight of which cannot be afcertained ; but in the 

 year 1784, I had it all weighed, and kept an ac- 

 count of the produce, which was as follows: 



The 5th crop was not half of it cut, the froft 

 fet in fo early, but the part that was cut 

 produced _ _ _ - - •j'j^ 



Set the part which was fed off at the fame 



weight, though it certainly exceeded it 775 



The whole will amount to 181 85 



Or 8 tons, 2 hundreds, and 41 pounds of green food, from 

 fomewhat more than half an acre. 



The lucern is now two feet high, and I have 

 begun to mow it; though from the backwardnefs 

 of the fpring there is no other grafs even fit to 

 turn into, and the whole neighbourhood is defti- 

 tute of food for their cattle. 



The experiment on the oats and potatoes was 

 tried the fame year. An acre of mixed loamy land 

 was ploughed three times after a crop of cabbages, 

 and on April 28th, 1784, half of it was fet with 

 the beft Poland oats, planting two feet two inches, 



and 



