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 They fow a few peafc ; and upon turncp 

 land fow four hufliels pc?' acre, and gain 

 about thirty in return. 



For rye they fiir twice ; fometimcs fow it 

 on turf on one earth : two bulliels of feed : 

 the crop thirty. For turneps they plough 

 thrice : hoeing is coming into fafhion 

 pretty fifl -, about half the crops in the 

 country being now hoed : but they do it 

 only once : the value of the hoed crop 

 3 5 J. ^^r acre, but the unhoed ones only 

 2.0 s. which one would apprehend a fuffi- 

 cient argument even to convince farmers 

 themfelves. They ufe them chiclly for 

 fliecD. 



Clover they fow with fpring corn, mow 

 it but once, and <?ain about two ton of hav 

 ■per acre. Their culture of potatoes confifls 

 in dunging grafs land, and digging it in ; 

 they then dibble in the potatoe fiiccs ten 

 inches from each ; and while growing 

 hand hoe them well. The average produce 

 per acre is about four hundred hufliels : — 

 They fow wheat after them, and get fine 



croDS. 



They have fomc marlc, but not in large 

 quantities ; being uncertain v/hcrc to find 

 it : it is an excellent manure : the colour 



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