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are too much beyond any thing in the com- 

 mon hufbandry to allow me to fuppofe any 

 imaginary gentleman fully to equal. Cab- 

 bages have been cultivated over whole fields 

 in Yorkfhire, &c. up to 30 L and even 

 40 /. value. I have, in experiments not 

 fo large, carried their value to 10 /. and 

 12 I. per acre ; nor can I eftimate them 

 here at lefs than I o /. per acre ; the rich- 

 nefs of the foil, the great expence of drain- 

 ing, notwithftanding any former drains^ 

 and the thorough manuring the cabbage 

 land gets every year. ,1 mail calculate the 

 8 acres of cabbages to winter-feed, with the' 

 aijiflance of the itraw, the 24 cows ; which 

 is three cows per acre; but it is well known 

 that an acre of cabbages will winter (with . 

 plenty of ftraw) 6 or 8 cows, for lean cattle 

 are t only to have ftated portions every day, 

 inftead of hay : I mail further fuppofe each 

 acre of cabbages to fat 2 beafts of 5 /. value 

 to 2 /. improvement. The clover is partly 

 provided for the young hogs to graze in, to 

 bring them to a proper fize for felling 

 advantageoufly at market. It is almoft 

 furprifmg the number a. fmgle acre will fo 



feed 



