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in England. Upon the whole then I would recommend, as th? 

 refult of my experiments, as far as they have yet gone : 



I ft. Never to fow on ground that is not perfedly pulverized. 



2d. Not to fow till the earth has acquired a degree of warmth 

 friendly to rapid vegetation, that is, not earlier than the month 

 of May. 



3d. To fow with no crop that will probably lodge. 



4th. If fown with buckwheat, to apply no gypfum or other 

 manure, till the buck-wheat is off. 



5th. "Where the quantity to be fown is fmall and the farmer 

 can afford to lofe a crop, to give the ground one turn in the 

 autumn, another in April, harrowing it fine, and a third the 

 beginning of May, and then if the weather is mild and warm, 

 fow, if the ground is in perfed tilth, otherwife give it another 

 ploughing: 18 or 20 lb. of feed are not too much ; were it 

 not for the expence, I fhould prefer 251b. if an early profit 

 is the objeft. 



I fear that I have, in the opinion of many, dwelt too long on 

 this fubjed ; if I have, my apology will be found in my anxiety 

 to imprefs upon my countrymen, the importance of cultivating 

 this plant, which I am fatisfied, is better adapted to our climate, 

 than clover ; which exads no more labour ; which leaves (I 

 fpeak upon the authority of Young's travels) the foil much 



