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iiimmer-fallowed one year fix acres of out- 

 field in paftnre grafs. The whole would not 

 have maintained a cow for the fummer time. 

 I dunged it extraordinarily well upon the 

 fallow, and fowed it with 4- bolls of wheat, 

 which is about two quarters. There was not, 

 a field in Britain that had a better appear- 

 ance ; but unfortunately it was too luxuri- 

 ant, and the great rains in July laid it quite 

 flat, and it never rofe again untill it was cut 

 with the fickle. The ftraw was almoft rotted. 

 But notwithftanding this difafter, it produced 

 60 bolls of good wheat, befides a great quan- 

 tity of fmall. lam certain, that if that field 

 had not been laid flat by the rains, thefe fix 

 acres would have produced above 100 bolls 

 of wheat; which is as much as perhaps the 

 beft field in Britain would have done, being 

 between feven and eight quarters per acre. 



I have alfo known muir ground, where the 

 foil was really poor; and which being im- 

 proved according to the plan repeatedly men- 

 tioned in this work, the whole expen'ce was 

 amply repaid by the firft three or four cr- 

 although it amounted to L. 20 per acre. 



Upon tlae whole, therefore, with refpe&> 



