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grafs, he would labour it for one third of the 

 expencc, and have more corns upon the one 

 half, than upon the whole, when all is in 

 tillage. 



The advantages accruing to the farmer by 

 following the plans propofed, viz. of having 

 only the one half of the farm in tillage, and 

 the other half (in fome places two-thirds) in 

 grafs, are manifold. Firft, It divides the la- 

 bour, fo that the work is never crowded, or 

 hurried, having one-tenth part in fallow for 

 wheat done in autumn, one-tenth for oats 

 broke up from grafs five or more years old, 

 plowed in autumn ; one for peafe or beans, 

 potatoes or turnips, to be dunged in the win- 

 ter or fpring ; and one for barley without 

 dung. By following this plan the work is 

 never hurried ; at the fame time, men and 

 horfes are employed every month in the 

 year. 



2dly, There is another great advantage: 

 All the farm would be in fuch good order, 

 and fo rich, not dunging above a tenth part 

 every year, that all the corns could be fown 

 much earlier than in the ordinary way. 

 When the foil is rich and clean, it will admit 



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