THE FRACTICE OF THE 



" ploughings in all. But, in the Old Huf- 

 '< andry, all the land is ufually ploughed 

 " three times, often with fourhorfes; vhereas 

 two horfes are enough for hoeing, or half 

 " the number neceffary for common plough- 

 " * n S'l ^"^ e va ^ ue f" f he feed and crop is 

 " fet aown to each, according to the medium 

 c < prices of corn each year. The above feveii 

 acres of experiment have not been feledted 

 ' as being particularly fucce&ful ; but only 

 " as it happened to be the field where they 

 " were begun, and continued to this time, 

 " I was tnereby enabled to relate the feries 

 of feveral years fuccefs. The foil is light, 

 " deep, and dry; a hazle mould, excellent 

 " for barley, but generally thought not of 

 " fuffiqient tenacity for wheat; and worth in 

 " thi? neighbourhood fifteen (hillings per acre, 

 < tythe-free. The beds extend caftand weft ; 

 " and the field lies gently floping to the 

 ' north. 



' This field has never been manured, as I 

 " obferved before, fmce my expe- riments were 

 '* beguu, nor for many years preceding. It 

 may be remarked, that the firft crops are 

 not the beft ; but, on the contrary, a re- 

 * gular improvement for fome years kept pace 

 * with its cultivation : and the vahje of 

 * c the four laft crops is almoft double to 

 ' the former ones. The greateft fault com- 

 w mitted at firft was, the fowing too little 

 c feed. The land feerm yet ifl perfect heart; 



