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Produce of the old culture. 



" If we judge of it by the beft crops of former years, it") qrA\h. 

 will be three times the quantity of the feed, viz, 4*- ■^» J y^l- 



._,. To he aeduSted. 



" Lofs by fifting, 1 5 per cent. It has often been 

 25 and TfO per cent, and even more. Every tirrie 

 this field was fowed, the corn was lodged, which 

 prevented the ears froni filling, and rendered the 

 grains fmall and (hrivelled. 



" For the feed 



"Neat produce . > . 493 lb. 



** Confequently the balance, in favour of the new hufban- ? o^ it 

 dry, is » • • • • 5 



8791b. 



*' As this field yields but one crop in "two years, in thel 

 common hufbandry, it would produce in that fpace, > 4931b. 

 only •••••• J 



" From whence it follows, that the neat profit of the") 

 new culture in the fame fpace of time, exceeds the other >■ 12651b. 

 by . • • • • • J 



17581b. 



** Suppofing this field never to produce a greater crop than that of 

 this year, it is evident that it is beft to follow the new method. But 

 we can already promife, that the fucceeding crops will be more 

 plentiful. The field is now fowed in the new way: it has not yet 

 fuffered any damage by infefts ; the rows are well ftored with plants, 

 whofe more thriving ftate promifes a better crop than laft year's. 



" It may perhaps be thought odd, that I fhould limit the produce 

 of the field fowed in the common way, to three times the feed. I 

 know there are lands in this country which yield more, •oiz. four 

 or five times the feed, and fometimes upwards : but then it mufl be 

 granted, that there are but few fuch lands i and that they are fields 



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