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fuccefs of his fainfolne ; that two years old 

 yielded him two loads of hay an acre ; and 

 that one year old produced half as much. 

 This plenty of forage brought all his cattle 

 into great heart, though he every year in- 

 creafed-them much. His .wood was this year 

 all cut and inclofed, and tiie young (hoots 

 of it prom i fed to yield a- good crop; his 

 great cattle were all confined, a great part 

 of the year, to his inclofures, and the reifc 

 of the eflate left to the (heep. 



The next year, which was the prefent 

 one, he broke up feventy acres, which lie 

 fowed with buck wheat, notwithftanding 

 the ill fuccefs of laft year. The fixty acres 

 were fown with oats and fainfoine ; the 

 fifty with turneps ; the thirty-five with oats 

 and fainfojne ; and the original fifty with 

 oats. Befides thefe, he had twenty, thirty, 

 and forty acres under fainfcioe. His fuc- 

 cefs was very good ; his buck wheat yielded 

 three quarters and an half an acre j his oats 

 two and an half; his turneps were a good 

 crop, the belt he had had, which he attri- 

 butes to having hand- weeded them twice. 

 All his fainfoine is excellent, and yields at 

 the rate of two loads of hay an acre, except 



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