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[N. B. The uncommon fuccefs of this experiment 

 feems at leaft to militate againft what we have faid in the 

 notes on Mr. Anderdon's crop of beans and turnips; 

 but the cafes are by no means fimilar. Though the land 

 in both inltances is called a heavy clay, they are very dif- 

 ferent. Mr. A's is poor, wet, and cold. The other a good, 

 rich clay, and, we apprehend, naturally mixed with a kind 

 of mark, which is called clay by perfons not thoroughly 

 acquainted with the nice diftinftion of foils apparently 

 alike, but very different in their nature. Our principle, 

 therefore, that cold, wet, clay lands are unfuitable for 

 turnips, remains unaftefted by this experiment j and 

 general pradice confirms the truth of the theory.] 



Afecond Letter from Mr. Pavier, on the fame Subje£l. 

 Sir, 



BESIDES Mr. Bult's crop of drilled beans and 

 turnips, (of which you have had already an account) 

 there were laft fummer two other crops in the neigh- 

 bourhood on the fame plan, managed nearly ahke 

 with refpeft to the. beans, and the beans of nearly 

 equal value; viz. drilled in rows about twenty-two 

 inches diftance, twice horfe-hoed, and the produce 

 from about twenty-five to thirty bufliels the com- 

 puted acre, or (fuppofing the perch to be fifteen 

 feet) from thirty to thirty-fix bufhels the ftatute acre. 

 I muft here obfcrve, that the laft fummer was very- 

 unfavourable 



