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My barley I thrashed out ; and on the 

 five acres where rib manure had been put, 

 I found that I had one bushel per acre, and 

 of a much worse quality thari the seed had 

 been ; so that j when all expences were paid, 

 I lost about six dollars per acrfc: and the rent 

 being also 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 by 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 sown 

 in the fall of the year ; but whether this 

 was the nature of the climate or of the 

 plant, I cannot say. The rye we harvest- 

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