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year, beans and peafe mixed ; fourth, barley 

 fown with red clover; fifth, clover or hay; 

 fixth year, oats ; then fallow, and fo on as 

 before. 



The beft farms have, when the feafon is 

 favourable, above ten bolls each acre upon 

 the whole farm, of all thefe four average 

 crops. This at the average price of the four 

 grains, at fixteen {hillings per^boll, is eight 

 pounds each acre. I knew one fanner have 

 70 acres in hay, of which he had about 500 

 ftones upon each acre, 22 Ib. Englifh to the 

 ftone, about 5 ton weight each acre. This 

 was the greatefl crop of hay I ever knew, ei- 

 ther in England or Scotland upon fuch a 

 large field. Having that quantity upon one 

 acre or two laboured with the fpade, is not 

 fo much when extraordinarily dunged. The 

 fallow with lime and dung raifes uncommon- 

 ly great crops of clover. The fecond cutting 

 the fame year is often greater than the firft. 



In whatever country there is as much grafs 

 and lime near at hand, as in Ayrfhire, at a 

 cheap rate, the advantages will be fimilar. 

 Every foil does not anfwer equally well with 

 lime ; fome light foils anfwer better with 



