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prejudiced of the cultivating tribe.— They 



ufe them for both flieep and beafts. 



They fow a Httle rape on new land : 

 Paring and burning, and one ploughing, is 

 the preparation — never feed it : The ave- 

 rage crop of feed half a laft» 



No clover ufed. 



They cultivate a few tares for the feed- 

 ing horfes. Likewife a little buckwheat, 

 but it is not reckoned profitable. 



Potatoes they plant after two or three 

 ploughings : Slice them into fetts. Twelve 

 bufliels will plant an acre, at one foot fquare. 

 They hand-hoe them twice, and hand- 

 weed them occafionally. The crops are 

 ufually worth from 7 /, to 10/, at (^d, a 

 buOiel. Wheat or rye fucceeds ; of which 

 they have finer crops than common. 



As to manuring, that of paring and 

 burning is one important point i the ex~ 

 pence, 



s, iL 

 The paring - - 9 6 

 Burning - - -.26 



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