72 TRAVELS THROUGH 

 countries could not be well cultivated. J 

 have experienced, that a crop of oats, after 

 turneps, well manured, and fed upon the 

 land, is twice as productive as another crop 

 following oats or other corn ; and doubtlefs 

 it is the fame with all other crops in all 

 countries. This increafe of product is 

 wholly owing to the dung. Thus cattle 

 are efTentially necefTary, in order to get 

 great crops of corn. 



Upon my afking him if he had any land 

 upon his eftate that would do for vines, he 

 replied, none that would yield high-priced 

 wines 5 and as to thofe which did not, he 

 did not think them near fo advantageous as 

 corn and good grafs : but, faid he, there is 

 another reafon againft my thinking of them; 

 J mould be able to do nothing in that way 

 without appropriating much of my manure 

 to the vineyard ; the confequence of which 

 would be, the deftrudtion of the reft of the 

 farm. 



Expreffing myfelf highly in his praife for 

 his good fenfe and fpirit, he faid, he won- 

 dered fuch inftances were not common in 

 every part of the kingdom; for the profit 

 was beyond comparifon greater than from 



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