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thrave 2 ftooks, or 6 pecks, that is i6 

 bufhels and an half. For barley they plough 

 on ftubble three times, after turneps twice, 

 and on a fallow five times ; fow 2 bufhels 

 and [ in Aprily and reap 1 5 thraves, at 2 

 bufliels, or 30 bufhels. For oats they 

 give but one ploughing, fow 2 bolls and 

 a canning, or 4 bufhels and f , after barley, 

 and gain in produdl much the fame quan- 

 tity as of that grain *. They plough but 

 once for beans, fow them broad-caft, and 

 under furrow in February, never hoe; 

 the medium crop about 25 bufhels —They 

 are all fold for the colliery horfes. For 

 peafe, but one earth, fow in March, and 

 get from 16 to 20 bufhels. For rye they 

 fallow 3 or 4 times 5 but after barley 

 plough but once , fow 2 bufliels, and gain 

 in return 30. For turneps they ftir four 

 times ; hoeing is but coming in, for many 

 do not practice it at all. The medium value 

 per acre is, for the hoed ones, 4/. 4J. the 

 unhoed, 3/. an argument fo flrong for 

 hoeing, that one would imagine it fuffi- 

 cient to convince the blindell and mofl 



* I have for once given the jargon of country 

 mcafures ; a vile abufe, that calls aloud for redrefs. — 

 You {hall be plagued \vitb thegi no more, 



preju- 



