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reckon the medium at 20. They plough 

 but once for beans, fow them broad-coaft 

 34 bufhels, never hoe them, and reap about 

 30. For turnips they ftir five times, hoe 

 them once or twice, value an acre at about 

 40 s. and ufe them for fheep, and ftall- 

 feeding bullocks. They drain their lands 

 with much attention, being in many places 

 of a wet fpringing nature. They cut them 

 from two to fix feet deep, according as the 

 fprings are found, which damage the land ; 

 the price is about 1 s. a. perch ; but this 

 relates only to good farmers, who copy it 

 from the Marquis of Rockingham. They 

 lay a conliderable quantity of lime upon 

 their lands, about four quarters an acre, and 

 do it for all forts of crops. Their yard 

 manure they never mix with earth, lay it 

 on wheat and turnip land. They fow 

 fome rye, plough for it five times, fow 

 two bufhels, and reap on a medium 30 *. 



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* The Earl of Strafford's, feat at Wentwortb- 

 caftk,nea.v BartiJIey, is very well worth feeing. The 

 new front to the lawn is one of the moil beauti- 

 ful in the world : It is luprifingly light and 

 elegant-, the portico, fupported by fix pillars of 

 t\vc Corinthian order, is exceedingly elegant; the 

 triangular cornice inclofing the arms, as light as 

 poflible ; the balluftrade gives a fine effect to the 

 whole builiding, which is exceeded by few in 

 lightnefs, unity of parts, and that pleaiing fim- 

 plicity which mult ftrike every beholder. 



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