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examples we have produced of extenfive prac- 

 tice, on various forts of land, that it is ex- 

 ceedingly profitable upon them all : fo that 

 it cannot be doubted, that the extending of 

 the New Hufbandry generally will be an ad- 

 vantage to the public of more than one rent 

 of all the arable lands in the kingdom, not 

 only of land under wheat and other corn, but 

 of other crops ; for they are all improveable 

 by the New Hufbandry, and by- every mode of 

 good hoeing, particularly when performed by 

 horfes ; for by them ail hoeing is done in the 

 cheapeft and beft manner. The fuppofition, 

 that the New Hufbandry will be an advantage 

 to the public of more than one rent of all the 

 arable lands in Britain, thus calculated, is 

 very moderate : for we have feen by the fore- 

 going examples of extenfive practice, that 

 much more profit is obtained, where it has 

 been fkilfully pra&ifed on land of very differ- 

 ent qualities, for wheat and other corn, for a 

 fucceflion of years, and wherof the farmers 

 are moft doubtful : but with regard to fingle 

 or annual crops, it is fo evident, that the 

 moft incredulous do not pretend to difpute it : 

 turnips, carrots, cabbages, potatoes, and others, 

 are utterly unprofitable and worthlefs, unlefs 

 fet out thin and hoed ; and in every fair trial, 

 the horfe- hoeing is found to excel every other 

 mode of culture. To this fhould be added, 

 the faving of great quantities of manure, 

 now employed for wheat and other corn : 



which 



