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and four hundred weight. From hence there ap- 

 pears a manifeft fuperiority in favour of the broad- 

 caftand hand-hocing; perhaps of more confequence 

 than the crop of beans (drilled as above) can rea- 

 fonably be expe6led to be worth. 



Being almofl: an entire ftranger to both theft? 

 valuable modes of hulbandry, I can by no means 

 pretend to afcertain, with any tolerable degree of 

 accuracy, the difference with refpedt to the ex- 

 pences: but am inclined to think, that the expence 

 of drilling and horfe-hoeing the beans, together 

 wjth drilling the turnips in the manner Mr. Ander- 

 DON did, muft be confiderably lefs than that of fal- 

 lowing and preparing the ground, and fowing the 

 turnips in broadcaft; to which may be added 

 another advantage; namely, the facility of hoeing 

 the drills, in comparifon of the broadcaft. 



There is one confideration more in favour of 

 drilling between the beans, which I muft confefs 

 has confiderable weight with me, viz. the great 

 chance, if not an almoft certainty, of prcferving 

 the turnips from the depredations of the fly; for 

 as Mr. Anderdon has had feveral fuch crops with- 

 out any damage of that kind, I fuppofe the beans 

 to be almoft a certain preventative.* 



* This we doubt ; and are inclined to think their efcaping the 

 fly proceeded from fonie other caufe. 



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