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3^/)'. When it comes more generally into prac- 

 tice, and is more carefully attended to, it muft be 

 the means of faving a great proportion of feed.ij; 



^hly. By an increafe of grain, an increafe of 

 fodder, and materials for manure, are acquired, 

 %yhich will amply repay the additional labour. 



e^thly. As great labour is employed in fallowing 

 land,* and yet the intended advantages are often 

 defeated by unfavourable feafons; harrowing and 

 rolling, by being performed at the critical period, 

 will often remedy the evil. 



Lajlly. The harrows and roller are applied at 

 the time when a field is left to its fate, and no fur- 

 ther cultivation can be given it that feafon. 



I am, &c. 



ROBERT BOGLE. 



Sfra^d, June 23, 1783. 



J Doubtlefs oi fome; but the drill hufbandry is what (if generally 

 pra<ftifed) would £ave feed enough annually to feed half a million of 

 people. 



• This in general is very unneccfTary; Wherever turnips are well 

 cultivated, funtmer fallows are never wanted; and a judicious courfe 

 of crops will render ivinter fallows, unlefs on wet ftiff cold clays, 

 needlefs. With a good courfe of crops, and judicious ploughings, 

 there is very little land in this kingdom but what will yield a profitable 

 crop every year. 



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