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I have feen many leafes of farms oh ftrong 

 clay foils that forbid the tenants fowing 

 clover, unlefs it was ploughed up by the 

 firft, or middle of June. Such a covenant 

 is a great prejudice to a tenant, fmce no 

 courfe is more profitable for fuch land, 

 than 



1. Beans* 



2. Barley* 

 3* Clover. 

 4. Wheat. 



Another covenant too common is to or- 

 dain that clover lhall only be fed : Whereas 

 I know by experiment, among many other 

 farmers, that better wheat fucceeds clover 

 twice mown for hay, than fed the whole 

 year. 



Peafe, tares, buckwheat, and other crops 

 have alfo the quality of preparing admirably 

 for corn; but thefe crops are more apt to 

 fail than beans, clover and turnips ; con- 

 fequently it cannot properly be decided 

 whether they Ihould be followed by corn 

 or not, until it is feen whether they fail 

 or not. So that this (hould be in the far- 

 mer's breaft ; but if the. leafe allows him 



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