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2» Beans 

 4. Barley 



5 Oats, and then left to graze it- 

 fdfy and they afiured me very gravely the 

 grafs was excellent: They plough thrice 

 for wheat, fow three bufliels a fortnight be- 

 fore MkhaehnaSy and reckon thirty- five 

 bufhels the average produce. For barley 

 they ftir from one to four times, fow three 

 bulliels^^r acre the end oi Aprils and gain 

 thirty bufhels an acre. For oats they 

 plough but once, fow feven bufhels an acre 

 in March i and gain on an average forty-five 

 bufliels. They ftir but once for beans, fow 

 four bulhels and a half, broad caft, both 

 under furrow, and above, the end of Fe^ 

 bruary or beginning of March ; never hoc 

 them : They gain thirty bulliels. Sow nei- 

 ther peafe nor rye, and fcarce any turneps. 

 Clover with both barley and oats \ and ge- 

 nerally mow it for hay. 



For potatoes they dig all the land nine 

 inches deep, and then dung it well 3 dibble 

 in the fetts nine inches afunder; reckon a 

 peck to let a perch of tw^enty-one feet : 

 They hand-weed them, and gain upon an 

 average three bufnels and a half per perch, 



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