[ 100 3 



■ horfes, where men can be procured to 

 in. 



'h. Omitted. 



^. 13/^. What new improvements have you 

 made, or adopted, in implements of hufbandry? 



A. Our improvements in implements of huiban- 

 dry have of late years been great and various, par- 

 ticularly in drill ploughs, which, by dropping the 

 feed regularly, and depofiting it at a proper depth, 

 fave a great deal of grain. Of carts we have a 

 great vahety, fome for dung made ftrong with two 

 wheels for two horfes, and three wheels for one 

 horfe ; and others of lighter kinds. 



'I fubmitted your queries to a very (kilful Far- 

 mer, from whom 1 received the following anfwers 

 for land of a middling kind: 



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To thejirjl ^ery. — We have mod wheat, beans, 

 and vetches, if in proper tilth, from ftifF land. 

 The moft barley, peafe, and oats, from a lighter 

 foil. Wheat on an average twenty-eight bulhels 

 per acre. We fow three bufhels. 



One fack of barley fown per acre produces five 

 quarters after turnips. Five bufhels of peafe per 

 acre produce from thrjse to four quarters. Four 



bufhels 



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