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cow is from seven to ten pounds, including the calf and profit of 



pigs. 



From three to four acres of land will keep a cow throughout 

 the year. 



The watering of pastures is not much known, though the advan- 

 tage resulting from that practice in neighbouring counties is not 

 questioned. 



The intermixture of lands embarrasses the operation of individuals 

 in that respect, and this seems likely to prevent a practice from be- 

 coming more general, which numerous springs and rivulets would 

 otherwise favor. 



The water issuing from Mendip Hills is unfit for this purposes- 

 carrying with it noxious mineral particles destructive to- vegeta- 

 tion. 



Grain principally cultivated are wheat, beans, pease, oats 1 , and 

 a little barley : but for the latter, the soil is for the raoft part un- 

 favorable. 



In the parishes of WringtOn, Blagdon, Ubly, Compton, Martin, 

 and Hartry, teasels are much cultivated. The head of this plant, 

 which is composed of well turned vegetable hooks, is used in dres- 

 sing of cloth; and the manufacturers of this county and Wilts are 

 for the most part supplied from these parishes. 



Large quantities are also sent (by water conveyance from Bristol) 

 into Yorkshire. 



As this is a plant not generally known I will describe its culture. 



The most favorable soil is a strong rich clay, or what is gene- 

 rally denominated good wheat laml. 



Sometimes an old ley is broke up, and sometimes a wheat stub- 

 ble, the seed is sown (after the rate of two pecks per acre) in the 

 month of April. 



During the summer the land is worked over three or four times 

 with long narrow spades to destroy the weeds. 



In the month of November, if the plants are too thick, they are 

 drawn out to fill up vacancies ; and the plants are set at a foot dis- 

 tance. If after this thinning too many plants remain, another field 

 is prepared, into which they are transplanted; but those plants 

 which are never moved produce the best heads, 



As 



