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thefc turncps they plough once and few 

 •ats, 4 buQiels to the acre, and gain a crop 

 of about 28 or 30. This crop is fucceeded 

 by a fecond of oats, managed as before, 

 and the produce much the fame : After 

 this comes a third, as before ; but it 

 fcldom yields above 20 bulhels per acre. 

 After this, they fallow and lime it, and 

 fow turneps, which are not worth above 

 25/. an acre. Next comes oats, of which 

 they do not get above 1 6 bufhels ; they fow 

 fome ray grafs, and a few other feeds, 

 which may make the field worth 5 or 6 j. 

 an acre, for 5 or 6 years : They ufe it for 

 cows and fheep. A worfe lyftem cannot 

 well be conceived. 



At Hettorty a few miles weft of Belford, 

 the husbandry varies much. The foils arc 

 light loams, and rotten, black, moory 

 land; let from is, 6d, to 15/. an acre; 

 average, about 6x. 6d. Farms rife from 

 100 to 700/. a year, but are, in general, 

 from 2 to 300/. Their courfes are, 



1. Turneps 



2. Barley 



3. Clover 



4. Oats. 



And, 



Fallow 



2. Wheat 



