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the paring and burning. This operation 

 being done and over, in the end of May 

 they ploughed, and fowed maiz ; but the 

 efFecl: did not anfwer their expectation : 

 upon this they tried, in the next place, rye, 

 oats, and millet ; of thefe the oats only fuc- 

 ceeded, and they yielded but a poor crop. 

 They next tried turneps, potatoes, carrots, 

 parfnips, cabbages, and other plants : of 

 thefe the cabbages only fucceeded -, but they 

 produced fo large a crop, that they were 

 encouraged to go on, and, in their follow- 

 ing improvements, planted cabbages : but 

 there was a very great difference between 

 thofe upon the plain ploughing, and thofe 

 after paring and burning j the latter were 

 fo fuperior, that the farmers determined to 

 multiply their experiments on that mode. 

 The cabbages they had planted came to a 

 large fize, and yielded in weight per acre a 

 much larger produce than any turneps in 

 the vale country, to which the mountain- 

 fheep were ufually driven j they had a fmall 

 flock, which had ufually belonged to the 

 farm they were now improving, and a part 

 of thefe were marked and drawn from the 

 reft, in order to fee the effecl: of the cab- 

 bages 



