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but if the weather comes wet fooner by a 

 fortnight or three weeks, he never omits 

 making' ufe of it. The number fet on an 

 acre is 6240, and fix men plant an acre 

 in a day; the mean produce about 10 lb. 

 per cabbage ; which is a very considerable 

 produce of above 27 tons per acre; but 

 Mr. Lyfter's clerk informed me that cab- 

 bages are by no means fo fubftantial a 

 food for cows or beafts as turnips, for that 

 any given number of cattle will eat up 

 many acres of cabbages in " the time that 

 they will confume a few turnips. In Oc- 

 tober, they begin to burft, and by Chrifimas 

 muft be all fed off. The foil upon which 

 Mr. Lyjler\ cabbages are fown is a very 

 light fand, which furprized me greatly, 

 for a ftrong clay is what we find com- 

 monly recommended for the culture of 

 this vegetable ; but 1 take thefe fands to be 

 naturally of a very rich and fertile nature; 

 indeed, the land lets in general at 10s. or 

 12 s. an acre, which fpeaks no barrenncfr.. 

 The rows are always horfe-hoed three times, 

 and I found the crop in an excellent order 

 without a weed in the field. Mr. Ly/ier's 

 clerk was in general of opinion that the 

 crop was not upon the whole advantageous ; 

 for although all the cattle tried with them, 

 feern very much to affe& them, yet they 

 coniume them fo quick, that a large pro- 

 duce of cabbages does not equal a fmall one 

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