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They plough five times for wheat, low 

 a budiel and half, and reap from twenty- 

 five to thirty-five buihels. For barley they 

 plough thrice, fow two bufliels and an half, 

 and get about twenty in return. They iHr 

 but once for oats, fow four bufliels ; the 

 crop twenty. For beans they give three 

 earths, fow two bufhels and half, broad 

 caft, never hoe them, and get upon an 

 average about thirty. They ufe very little 

 rye or peafe. Their clover they reckon 

 more profitable than corn, get very great 

 crops. 



They ufed always to dig for potatoes, 

 but have of late changed that method for 

 ploughing : They fet them upon both 

 grafs and tillage land, but always dung 

 well. The foil they prefer is the light 

 fandy. They lay the dices in the furrows 

 after the plough, fo as to come up about 

 nine inches afunder every way ; while 

 growing they hand weed them. A com- 

 mon crop is 150 bufliels -, and a good acre 

 worth 10/. 



The principal manure ufed here is marie, 

 v/hich they lay upon the fandy foils ; it 

 cofts about 3 /. an acre, and lails good for 

 twenty years ; improves beft for wheat and 



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