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 after them Is generally fuperlor to that 

 after a fallow. 



For turneps they fllr but twice, hoe 

 them once J the value ^^r acre from 30J". 

 to 3 /. Ufe them for fheep. Clover they 

 ufe for feeding their horfes in the inclo- 

 fures ; and alfo for the fpring feed of lambs. 



For potatoes they manure well with long 

 dung, plough but once, dibble them in, in 

 rows, one foot afunder; get three or four 

 hundred bufhels /(^r acre j fow wheat after 

 them. 



They have neither marie or lime, nor 

 do they want them, for the natural rich- 

 nefs of their clays is very great, being of 

 that fort that falls like lime with the win- 

 ter's frofts. They conftantly fold their 

 (heep ; Hack their hay at home; and many 

 of them chop their ftubbles. 



Good grafs lets from 30 j. to 40 j. 

 it is ufed both for fatting and dairying : 

 One acre will carry a cow through the 

 fummer, or eight fheep. The breed of 

 cattle is between the long and fhort horns ; 

 their oxen fat to about lixty fcore. The 

 produ<fl of a cow they calculate at 5/. five 

 gallons of milk about the average quantity 

 per cow. To ten cows they keep about 



two 



