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wheat (nine gallons to the bufhel") per acre 

 drilled and horfe-hoed ; but that ne judged, 

 ' that twelve bumels of wheat upon an acre 

 *' is about the medium quantity to be obtained 

 " from moderately fertile ground, during at 

 * f lead fix fucceffive years, without dung. Now, 

 * c if this be a true portion, I think it will 

 * not be difficult to prove, that the drill cul- 

 c ture is more beneficial to the farmer, than 

 *< any other method hitherto invented." 



Sir Digby is undoubtedly right, that twelve- 

 bufhels per acre is very profitable to the farmer, 

 who can obtain fo much from moderately 

 fertile ground without any manure, as in 

 this inftance; but much more may be ob- 

 tained per acre in fuch land, by the New 

 Huibandry, than twelve bumels of wheat ; and 

 from thence we may conclude with certainty, 

 that there was an error in his culture of wheat 

 by the New Huibandry. 



To (hew this, it might be fufficient to refer 

 to Mr. Tull's fuccefs, who had commonly 

 much more than twelve hufhels of wheat 

 per acre from land that could not be properly 

 called moderately fertile ground, but was 

 really poor ground, as defcribed by himfelf, 

 and by others who viewed it on purpofe to 

 know the quality of his land, which lying on 

 chalk is very dry, and, befides its poverty in 

 quality, is alfo moft of it a mallow foil, fa 

 that it appears to be much inferior to Sir 

 Digby Legard's land., upon \yhich he cultW 



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