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clofe, is ufeful to the next crop ; but 

 if the foil be light, I do not apprehend 

 it is of any fervice. 



As I wifli the cultivator to be ac- 

 quainted with all the difadvantages, as 

 well as profits, of this crop, I would 

 have him take notice, that when it is 

 cultivated for feed it coils as much, in 

 putting into the ground, as a crop of 

 turnips : and, {landing a whole year, 

 takes up the fame time as a turnip and 

 barley crop together; but as it will be 

 better fitted to receive a fucceeding crop, 

 than barley after turnips, it will not- 

 withflanding be frequently found as pro- 

 fitable as both the other; and in that 

 cafe, for the benefit of change and va- 

 riety, it will fometimes be prudent to 

 give it the preference. I may add, that 

 this crop is exceedingly ufeful in clean- 

 ing land, and is of a meliorating nature. 



There 



