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of it; and after this the field is ploughed 

 before Winter. A common price of maiz 

 is 2S. to 2s. 6d. per bufhel, fometimes 

 lb low as is. 8d. and even is. 6d. ; yet it 

 is reckoned very profitable ; which arifes 

 much from the value of the leaves and ftraw, 

 which prove very ufeful for cattle. But many 

 of their farmers think it more profitable for 

 hay, mown when come pretty nearly to its 

 full growth, and made in the common 

 manner. The quantity from an acre exceeds 

 that of any other plant that can be applied 

 to this purpofe at one cutting ; for four loads 

 of hay have been often gained from that 

 quantity of land, which is, even in this 

 cheap country, worth 4!. and as the ex- 

 pences run very low, the nett profit exceeds 

 that from wheat or any fort of corn. 



Millet, another crop very common in all 

 thefe parts of France, is not fo profitable as 

 maiz : it requires the fame light fandy foil, and 

 equal dunging : they alfo fow it in the fame 

 manner, in furrows, the latter end of May; 

 another fort is fown the end of June; but 

 it makes no difference, except in harvefl 

 time, the latter fown not being ripe till a 

 month after the other. The motive for fow^ 



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