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riety of other plants ; mulberry plantations 

 are very common, and vineyards numerous. 

 Wheat here yields about three quarters an 

 acre ; barley, four quarters ; buck-wheat, 

 five ; rye, three j and maiz, from four to 

 five. Turneps are very much cultivated for 

 the purpofe, as in France, of feeding the 

 Iheep that are kept upon the mountains, 

 and an acre fells ufually for about fix and 

 twenty millings. Clover is very much fown, 

 the feed being brought from France ; they 

 do not venture it, but for what reafon I 

 could not difcover, on any lands that cannot 

 be watered. They let the water upon the 

 young clover the moment the harveft of the 

 corn with which it was fown is ovec. This 

 watering brings forward the crop greatly, 

 fo that they have a full mowing crop by the 

 end of Augufl, which feldom yields lefs 

 than two loads an acre : after this they let 

 in the water again the beginning of Sep- 

 tember, which brings a fine produce of 

 rich and luxuriant feed for all forts of 

 cattle, which lafts till Chriftmas. Thus 

 they get three crops on the fame land, be- 

 tween March and Chriftmas : firft, they 

 have three or four quarters of barley - y then 

 A a 3 they 



