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They plough twice for wheat, fow two 

 bufhels and an half, about Michaelmas, and 

 reap 35 to 40, upon an average. They 

 alfo ftir twice for barley, fow fix bufhels 

 in April or May, and reap 40 in return. 

 For oats they ftir but once, fow feven 

 bufhels, and gain 50. They have no beans, 

 very few peafe, and as little rye. They 

 flir three times for turneps, hoe them once 

 or twice; the average value about 55 j. 

 ufe them for feeding fheep and ftall-fatting 

 oxen. They know but little of clover; 

 one or two farmers have tried it with bar- 

 ley, but found it good for nothing : It 

 muft have been upon ftrange land. 



They have two ways of cultivating po- 

 tatoes, by ploughing and digging : In the 

 firft, they flir three times, and dung the 

 land well, lay the flices in every other 

 furrow, one foot afunder, and plough be- 

 tween them once while growing, befides 

 hand-weeding : They plough them up, 

 and get 2, 3, and 400 bufhels /^r acre. 



Their other way is the lazy-bed me- 

 thod; they lay the dung on the green 

 fward, the flices on that, then they dig 

 trenches, and with the earth cover the 

 K 4 fetts. 



