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tne horfe. Sainfoin flourifhes moft on chaik/j 

 and dry ftone fhattery land, on which it will pro-* 

 duce two tons per acre on an average, for fourteen 

 or fifteen years. Burnet is in difgraCe with us, and 

 generally laid afide as ufelefs. 



^. 9/^. How is your turnip hufbandry con- 

 duced ; and what is the beft method of preventing 

 or flopping the ravages of the fly on the young 

 plants? 



A. The firft part of this query is anfwered in the 

 fecond. To prevent the ravages of the fly, fome 

 good is fometimes done by running a light roller 

 over them, with a bundle of blackthorn faftened 

 behind it. 



^. lotb. Do you prefer the drill to the broad- 

 caft method of fowing grain; in what inftances, 

 and on what foils? 



A. When lands are foul and weedy, the drill is 

 certainly preferable to the broadcaft; as by that 

 means, the horfe-hoe may be ufed. 



^. nth. What is the comparative advantage of 

 ufing oxen inftead of horfes in hufbandry? 



A. Where a farm confifls of arable land and 

 good pafture, the ufe of oxen is deemed preferable 



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