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 wimed, and produce a grain much larger* 

 and more beautiful, than any in the com- 

 mon mode, as was acknowledged by every 

 body at market. But, faid I, what is the 

 nett profit ? In anfwer to this, he faid> 

 that the common method, on fuch land in 

 his neighbourhood, yielded about a quarter 

 and a half, exclufive of feed ; whereas his 

 yielded more than a quarter, exclufive of 

 feed. Where then is the advantage, replied 

 I ? In this, faid he : in the drill way, the 

 land is cropped every year with wheat, fo 

 that, in three years, the land yields, we 

 will fuppofe, more than three quarters, we 

 may fafely call it 34 



but, in the common mode, it 

 produces only il 



and the year following, it is 

 under oats, the produce three 

 quarters ; this is to be called 

 half the quantity, as oats are 

 only half the value 11 



* 

 In three years only 3 



Gain by drilling 



Which is a gain of a fixth ; fo that 600 acres, 



in 



