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of which has pleafed him ; how much far- 

 ther the expence will be carried, I cannot 

 guefs. Yet it is nearly the fame with 

 horfe-hoes, fcveral of which he purchafed 

 and tried, and fince that has made feveral 

 of his own. I wifti he may fucceed, very 

 heartily ; becaufe, if he does not, he cannot 

 fupport the expence, and then the profit he 

 makes by his fwine, which, as he manages^ 

 appear to me a very important article iri 

 hufbandry, will not be fufficient to fupport 

 his drilling fchemes, and confequently he 

 mu ft be ruined. This, I fear, will be the 

 cafe. 



But I muft farther obferve, upon M. 

 Rocquelou's pra<ftice, that it is not only 

 with fuch mod profitable management, as 

 his potatoes and lucern, that his drilling 

 might have been compared. Thofe who may 

 yet be inclined to copy his opinion, may, 

 perhaps, have an opportunity of feeing the 

 effect of other fyftems, fuch as the intro- 

 duction of turneps and clover, as in Flan- 

 ders, where their hufbandry I have already 

 defcribed to be excellent ; alfo fainfoine, 

 for fifteen or twenty years, and then corn 

 crops for fome time, which, in every part 

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