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ROW take leave of this fubjeft by obferving, that, in 

 moft cafes, beginning with a fallow crop is to be pre- 

 ferred, and what here is propofed is ftill under the 

 conviction of the fuperiority of that mode, and is merely 

 to be confidered as an improvement of the old and in- 

 judicious management of this diftrift, in which the 

 permanent manures of lime and marie are fo copioufly 

 ufed, that a proper application of their valuable qua- 

 lities is of the greateft confequence. 



SECT. 4. - Crops commonly cultivated ; their fesd, culture^ 

 produce^ SsV. 



THE crops commonly cultivated in this county are, 

 wheat, rye, bere, barley, oats, peas, flax, potatoes. 



WHEAT. 



i ft. Preparation. The general preparation for wheat 

 is a potatoe fallow ; the manure, of courfe, dung : but 

 a confiderable quantity is fown in other methods j it is 

 ofte"n fown after clover, which is ploughed up in June 

 or July, and once or twice more before feed-time. If 

 the ground is not thought fufficiently rich, dung or 

 a,(hes are applied, fometimes before the laft ploughing, 

 and fometimes as a top-drefllng ; it is alfo fown after 

 flax, the procefs the fame; it has likewife been, {own 



