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very fine; and, in September, their leaves met 

 across the intervals. On the 21st of September 

 I saw them for the second time. The field was 

 one body of beautiful green. The weather 

 still very dry. I advised Mr. Byrd to plough 

 between them by all means ; for the roots had 

 met long before across the interval. He ob 

 served, that the horse would trample on the 

 leaves. I said, " never mind : the good done 

 " by the plough will be ten times greater than 

 " the injury done by the breaking of leaves." 

 He said, that, great as his fears were, he would 

 follow my advice. I saw the turnips again on 

 the 8th of October, when I found, that he had 

 begun the ploughing; but, that the horse made 

 such havock amongst the leaves, and his work 

 man made such clamorous remonstrances, that, 

 after doing a little piece, Mr. Byrd desisted. 

 These were reasons wholly insufficient to sa 

 tisfy me ; and at the latter, the remonstrances of 

 a workman, I should have ridiculed, without a 

 grain of mercy ; only I recollected, that my men 

 had remonstrated me (partly with sorrowful 

 looks and shakes of the head) out of my design 

 to transplant six acres of Indian Corn. 



234* Mr. BYRD'S crop was about 350 bushels 

 to an acre. I was at his house on the 23rd of 

 this month (November) ; and there I heard two 

 things from him which I communicate with 



