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them in the fame cxpofurc, and all cir- 

 cumftances the fame to each, fave that one 

 was eledlrified twice a day, for two months, 

 at the end of which time it was in full 

 growth, the fkin burfting, and weighed 

 9 lb. The other, at the end of four 

 months, did not quite reach that weight : 

 A ftrong proof that the electric fire had a 

 remarkable power in promoting and quick- 

 ening the vegetation. 



At Waren, near Belford, have been fbme 

 improvements of moor land, which deferve 

 mention. The foil is a black, rotten, 

 boggy, peat earth, lets at i j. 6 d. an acre. 

 They plough it up in OBober, and let it lie 

 all the fucceeding fummer without touch- 

 ing, and like wife the winter, when they 

 lime it : Of this manure they reckon too 

 much cannot be laid on ; generally i o or 

 12 fother, at 24 bufhels each, which 

 cofts 3 J. 6^. a fother, befides leading, 

 which is 6 d. Some few from 20 to 

 30. After this liming they crofs plough 

 it, and harrow it three or four times; 

 then fow turneps, which, if wol fown, 

 want, according to their notions, no 

 hoeing. They are worth, upon a me- 

 dium, about 50 s. per acre. After 



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