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" fome years ago in forming another, which 

 ** might be more confident with the laws of 

 " vegetation, as well as oeconomical Huf- 

 " bandry. The fyftem that I have adopted is 

 " as follows, viz. 



" Inftead of having the land laid out in 

 " broad ridges, I order them to be made only 

 " nine feet wide. When the feed-time comes, 

 *' I fow every other land broad-caft, and har- 

 ** row-in the grain in the ufual manner. 

 " The intermediate fpaces, which I fhall call 

 u the fallow-lands, are ploughed two or 

 " three times, at proper feafons, by a light 

 * plough, drawn by one horfe, in order to 

 * make a clean fallow for the fucceeding crop. 

 " Upon thefe lands the feed is (own as before. 

 " The ftubble, in turn, becomes the fallow, 

 " and is treated accordingly. In this alter- 

 *' rrate way, I manage my weak arable lands, 

 **- and I have the fatisfaction to find, that 

 " very little manure is required ; which is a 

 " moft agreeable circumftance, as fuch lands 

 ** are generally remote from a large town. I 

 " dare venture to fay, that the fame field, 

 * fc managed in this alternate way for two 

 44 years, will be found to produce one-third 

 * more corn, than when cultivated in the 

 " ufual manner, by a crop and a fallow, and, 

 ** at the fame time, be attended with much 

 * lefs expence to the owner. 



* This feeming contradiction will be rea- 

 " dily removed, when we reflect, that vege- 



14 " tables, 



