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of two mills, worked by two women, each mill be- 

 ing formed of two cylinders, revolving towards 

 each other. The firjft breaks the cake into pieces 

 of the fize of a walnut, by the operation of cogged 

 cylinders ; the iecond is con{lru61ed of plain caft- 

 iron cylinders, fitnilar to thofe ufed for grinding 

 clay to make bricks. Thus reduced to powder, he 

 puts it into the very drills, where he had jufl be- 

 fore depofited the turnip feed, by means of Cook's 

 machine, which requires no other contrivance or 

 alteration,, than fubitituting different cups and fun- 

 nels. The quantity of cake ufed is a quarter of a 

 ton per acre, which has never exceeded ll. 5s. in its 

 price. He allured me, that this method had never 

 failed to infure him a good crop, and that it does 

 equally well for wheat. 



River weeds and fedge, have lately been ufed to 

 very great effect, for turnips, by Mr. Coke, and 

 Mr. Branthwaite, of Taverham, who alFure me, 

 that no manure whatever anfwers better. They 

 are flrewed on the ground, in their wet ftate, as 

 loon as they are taken out of the water j, if the 

 land be of a dry nature, there is no fear of any 

 aquatic feeds taking root in it ; but if the land be 

 of a cold or wet nature, abounding in lprings, I 

 fhould think this manure ought to be ufed with 

 great caution. 



Having 



