the land being sown with timothy, it alto- 

 gether made a most beautiful appearance. 



One acre also of the land which I had 

 manured, and had turnips on, the year 

 before, I now sowed with barley and timo- 

 thy, to see the difference, and to try what 

 the manure would do. This looked as well 

 as the other. Mr. Bowley, my neighbour, 

 came to view the process ; and acknow- 

 ledged he never saw so good farming in the 

 country: "But that," he said, " availed 

 nothing : the land was so poor, that with- 

 out dung its produce was not worth the cul- 

 tivation, and dung and labour It would not 

 pay for." This proved very true. I asked 

 him how many oats I might expect an acre : 

 he said he never had more than six bushels, 

 and often not so many ; but probably I might 

 have more. As I cut them for the cows, 

 (the straw and corn together,) I cannot 

 tell what was the produce : I estimate it at 

 four bushels per acre ; which is nearly the 

 average crop of the oats grown about 

 Baltimore. 



