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methqd of securing wheat in the field that I 

 ever saw, and causes the wheat to be hea- 

 vier, and the flour fairer. Many of them 

 rake their stubbles with a horse-rake - y which, 

 is a very good way in those thin shaffled 

 crops. Indeed I see no great error in any 

 of their proceedings : and were the lands 

 in England managed by the plough, every 

 part that is capable of bearing crops, as 

 nearly to the greatest advantage as in the 

 inhabited parts of America, there would 

 probably be more than ten times as much 

 grain brought to market as there is at pre- 

 sent. It is easy to perceive why the Ameri- 

 can farmers do not vie with the farmers in 

 England, in their crops on the fine lands so 

 called in America : there are proofs of that 

 every day ; there have been English farmers 

 enough gone over to try the experiment, 

 and Scotch also. In all this ride, I did not 

 see any grass-field of any value. There are 

 on this land, which lies to rest for two years, 

 some few weeds, and in the moist parts 

 something they call grass ; but it is of the 



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