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mown the end of September or beginning 

 of October. Thefe four mowings are nearly 

 equal in goodnefs, for they do not cut till 

 the grafs is full grown : the four crops 

 amount to eight loads of hay an acre, which 

 is an amazing produce ; yet the value does 

 not exceed 61. which muft be owing to the 

 quantity of thefe watered grounds, and alfo 

 to the cheapnefs of all the products of the 

 earth. 



The management of arable land that is 

 watered varies from this of grafs : before the 

 land is ploughed the laft time for wheat, 

 the water is let in for a fhort time, and, 

 when drawn bfFj it is left to dry j as foon 

 as it is fufficiently fo to go on with ploughs, 

 they plough and fow j and in the Spring 

 after the hot weather is commenced ; and, 

 While the wheat is about five inches high, 

 they let the water in again for a flight wa- 

 tering. The moment the wheat is reaped 

 and threfhed, for they threfli it in the field, 

 they water again, and, when dry, plough 

 and fow turneps, buck-wheat, millet, and 

 various other crops, which they alfo refrefh 

 with a (light watering during the growth, 

 in cafe the feafcn i? a dry one. Thus their 

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