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patch of plants, from which his fields may be fup- 

 plied ; he calculates that one acre will yield plants 

 fufficient for one hundred acres. 



4//:7/>'. That a very great increafe of crops may 

 be obtained by this method, probably a double 

 crop; nay, perhaps a triple quantity of what is 

 reaped either by drilling, or by the broadcaft 

 hufbandry. ■ '^7 ''•• 



^thly. That a great part of the labour may be 

 performed by infirm men and women, and alfo 

 by children, who are at prefent fupported by the 

 parifh charity; and that of courfe the poor's rates 

 may be confiderably reduced. 



bthly. That the expence will not exceed from 

 20S. to JOS. per acre, if the work be performed by 

 able-bodied men and women ; but that it will be 

 much lower, if that proportion of the work which 

 may be done by employing young boys and girls, 

 fhould be allotted to them. 



'jtbly. That in general he has found the diftance 

 of nine inches every way a very proper diftance 

 for fetting out the plants at; but recommends 

 them to be tried at other Ipaces, fuch as fix, eight, 

 or even twelve inches. 



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