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In the fourth and fucceflive years fome 

 variations mould be made, for allowing for 

 the improvement of the crops. Thd lu- 

 cerne will be much better ; confidering that 

 fo large an expence in hand-hoeing, befides 

 horfe- hoeing is allowed; and remem- 

 bering that the foil is a dry found rich clay, 

 the putre folum, which this vegetable de- 

 lights in, it would be a low eftimation to 

 affign to each acre the feeding three cows 

 through the fummer, and efpecially as 

 many lucerne plantations, now in being 

 throughout different parts of the kingdorm 

 do actually yield a much greater produce; 

 yet, to keep within bounds, and lay thefe 

 calculations open to as few objections as 

 poffible, I (hall fuppofe the regular produce ta 

 be feeding two cows, and fatting two fmall 

 heifers, which is not equal to the feeding 

 three cows. 



The cabbages alfo, as the culture im- 

 proves, and the manure increafes with the 

 cattle, will become annually more bene- 

 ficial ; the wonders that have been done in 

 fome parts of England with this vegetable, 



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