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periment on a fmall fcale will be neither trouble- 

 fome nor expenfive to any one who has, or can bor- 

 row, a drill-plough and horfe-hoe. 



With great rcfpedl, I am. 



Your obedient fervant, 



R. PROCTER ANDERDON. 

 Henladct Feb. 9, 1786. 



Article XX. 



On the Culture of Beans with Turnips. 

 In a Letter to the Secretary. 



Sir, 



SINCE I had the pleafure of viewing Mr. 

 Anderdon's turnips, and making a report 

 thereof to you, I have frequently been confidering, 

 whether the method adopted by Mr. Anderdon, 

 or that generally pra6tifed in Norfolk and other 

 counties, (viz. fowing in broadcafl, and twice 

 hand-hoeing) might be fuppofed to be in general 

 of the greatelt utility. 



This, Sir, appears to me to be a queflion of con- 

 fiderable importance; and though I am apprehen- 

 five it cannot poflibly be determined but by repeated 

 accurate experiments, which may not for a long- 

 time 



