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3. Peafe, or Beans; — the latter always in rows, 

 hand-hoed twice with a two-inch hoe near and 

 between the beans, horfe-hoed twice, and laftly 

 earthed with a horfe-hoe. After the beans are off, 

 we plough {hallow with a broad (hare, and harrow 

 up, and burn the weeds if any remain, thus pre- 

 paring a good tilth for wheat. 



On our ordinary, fandy, or ftone fliattery [done 

 brafh] land, our courfe of crops is different. 



I. Wheat. 



After that, (before Michaelmas) fow winter 

 vetches or rye, and eat them off with fheep and 

 bullocks in the fpring. 



Then plough for turnips three or four times, 

 each time harrowing off and burning the weeds; 

 then lay on forty cart-loads of dung per acre. 

 We always carefully hand-hoe the turnips, as the 

 charge is amply repaid by the crop. Sometimes, 

 in a kindly fcafon, we get a good crop of turnips 

 after early peafc. 



Oats and barley will produce (efpecially oats) 

 from five to fevcn quarters per acre, after a good 

 turnip feafon, and the crop well fed off with 

 fheep, efpecially if good hay and oil-cake be given 

 them at the fame time. 



With barley and oats we foW clover; next year 

 wheat, and laftly turnips. 



