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They farther difcovered, that lands which 

 had been pared and burnt, and yielded cab- 

 bages and turneps, would, in the year fol- 

 lowing, do well for feveral crops which 

 would not fucceed when fowed immediately 

 on the paring and burning, particularly rye 

 and oats ; the former of which yielded two 

 quarters and an half an acre, the latter 

 three ; crops which are reckoned by no 

 means bad ones in the vales that have been 

 long cultivated. 



" They continued the fame hufbandry the 

 year following: tried cabbage?, turneps, 

 potatoes, and carrots upon the paring and 

 burning ; the carrots fucceeded better than 

 before ; the other plants took well, which 

 yielded better crops than had been received 

 yet from them : 



The cabbages paid, in fheep- 1. s. d. 



feeding I 10 o 



The turneps o 18 9 



The potatoes 250 



The carrots o 1 1 6 



" This was in the ufual method oft 

 ing in the field; but the truftees having vi- 

 Z 4 iited 



