THE PRACTICE OF THE 



" near as good crops of turnips this way, as 

 " when the land was occupied by that plant 

 " alone. 



qrs. bufh. p. 



" The total nett produce of one"] 



" acre of barley, in the Old ! 5 4 2 



" method, was, 

 '* Ditto of one acre, fown inl , 



** equally-diftant rows, J 



" Ditto of one acre, drilled and") 



horfe-hoed J 3 



' The land of both thefe trials was, as 

 " nearly as poflible, of equal goodnefs, and 

 " in equal order, lying contiguous in the 

 < fame field. The feed- corn of both was 

 " exactly the fame, and all fown on the fame 

 " day. So that the difference in the produce 

 of each acre muft be attributed to the quan- 

 " tity of feed fown, the manner of diftri- 

 " buting that feed in the earth, and the cul- 

 " ture beftowed on the plants whilft grovv- 

 *' ing. It is evident, however, that the land 

 " in the Old produced nearly double to that 

 " which was cultivated in the New way. 

 " But the greateft produce was from the land 

 " 'fown with the drill-plough in equally-dif- 

 *' tant rows, one foot afunder. Yet are we 

 M not from thence to determine too ralhly in 

 ** favour of either method-, 



" I own, 



