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5- Peafe 

 6. Barley. 

 This is capital indeed! but vefy coril- 

 tnon; for much land, even within two or 

 three miles of Pefirii/b, hath been fbwn 

 every year with either barley, oats, or peafe, 

 for thefe feventy years. This information 

 aftonifhed me ; I inquired the produce on 

 fuch land> and found it reckoned as goodj 

 upon the whole, as other foils, managed 

 upon more modern principles ; five or fix 

 for one of oats, and when wheat happens 

 to be fow^n, ten or eleven for one. Fal- 

 lowing is a fiew fajhion, and not perfed:ly 

 relifhed by the farmers yet. 



In a common way they generally plough 

 for wheat from three to (ix times, fow two 

 buihels about Michaelmas^ and gain, upon 

 an average, about three quarters. For bailey 

 they plough from on.ce to thrice, fow two 

 bufhel? and a half in April or May^ and 

 gain about 25. Sometimes barley is fown 

 en new broke up land, and the produce c^o 

 bufliels. They give but one llining for 

 oats, fow four bufkels before bai-iey fowing^ 

 and get 28 in return. For peafe they give 

 but one earth, fow two bufhels, and get in 

 return about 16; generally ufe the grey 



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