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My barley I thrashed out ;^and on the 

 five acres where no manure had been put, 

 I found that I had one bushel per acre, and 

 of a much worse quality than the seed had 

 been ; so that, when all expences were paid, 

 I lost about six dollars per acre: and the rent 

 being alsa about six dollars per acre, the 

 total loss upon these five acres would be sixty 

 dollars, or twenty-two pounds ten shillings 

 currency. Now by this crop it may be seen, 

 how, when the English farmer strikes large- 

 ly into farming in America, he may lose his 

 money. The other acre of barley, which had 

 been manured with compost, produced four- 

 teenbushels, and of a much superior quality; 

 being rather better than what I sowed. The 

 land where the oats and bad barley growed 

 was bv much the best field in the farm, and 

 was counted excellent land in that country. 



The timothy, though it came up very 

 fine, did not prosper equally with that spwn 

 in the fall of the year ; but whether this 

 was the nature of the climate oi; of the 

 plant, I cannot say. — The rye we harvest- 

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