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* veral years on the footing of the above 

 *' horfe-hoed crop, reckoning the land in 

 <( the Old way to bring a crop only once in 

 * two years, the advantage would be greatly 

 " in favour of the New method, even fup- 

 ' pofing every crop in the old at the rate of 

 " fi^ quarters to an acre. For the expence of 

 " manure and tillage, in the fallow year, are 

 " infinitely greater than the horle-hoeing ex- 

 " pences. But, if England be fo much fu- 

 " perior to SwhTerland in goodnefs of foil ; 

 *' or, if our farmers are fo much more ikilful 

 ** than theirs, that we cdn in the common 

 ** management, I mean, by the culture of 

 *' turnips, clover, rape, &c. have a benefi- 

 44 cial crop every year ; I Ihould be inclined 

 ** to doubt, whether the very fuperior advan- 

 " tages, which fome writers attribute to the 

 *' horfe-hoeing Hufoandry, may not be more 

 ' imaginary than real. Not but that I 

 14 think there are feveral circumftances to re- 

 " commend it, and that it may be followed 

 " in fome fituations to great advantage. As 

 4< where the difficulty of procuring manure is 

 " very great, or where the diftance of the 

 * ploughed field from the farmer's habita- 

 ** tion would make the carriage too expen- 

 " five. There are alfo fome Ibils more pecu- 

 liarly adapted than others to the New 

 " Hufbandry, as requiring an extraordinary 

 ** degree of pulverization j fome vegetables 



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