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of my sons led the horse betwixt the rows, 

 and my other son harrowed after us, with a 

 small. harrow made for that purpose. By 

 this process, though contrary to the general 

 custom of the country, we raised a very fine 

 crop of corn. . When the man had plough- 

 ed three acres of the turnip land, I had got 

 harrows made ; therefore we harrowed it 

 ourselves with our own horses. I then 

 wanted a roller ; which I was lucky enough 

 to borrow, from a gentleman of the name of 

 Bowley, who lived within one mile and a 

 half of us, and with whom I had the honour 

 of an acquaintance, and found him very 

 neighbourly on every occasion ; so we got 

 our land in such fine order as was not usual 

 in America. We then employed ourselves 

 in picking up the refuse stuff by raking the 

 land over with rakes, and burnt it; as it was 

 not yet a proper time to sow turnips : the 

 1 oth of August being the time to a day, in 

 that country ; for few men sow above an 

 acre, and many only a rood, therefore they 

 are soon sown. 



