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five times, fow four bufhels, and reckon 

 the medium produce at four quarters. 

 They ftir but once for oats, fow better than 

 four bufhels, and reap from three to eight 

 quarters. For peafe they likewife ftir but 

 once, fow three bufhels, and gain from 

 eight to 20. They give but one earth for 

 beans, fow four bufhels broad-caft, never 

 hoe them, and reap from 12 to 40 bufhels. 

 They reckon their foil in general too he:, vy 

 for turnips, but plough five, fix, or 'even 

 times, hoe once ; value them at from 35 s. 

 to 50 s. an acre, and ufe them for fheep 

 and oxen. Clover they fow on wheat and 

 barley, and get at one mowing on good 

 land near three load of hay an acre. Mr. 

 Rooks, from whom I have this account, 

 has introduced the hufbandry of feeding 

 the clover; he mows it for hay, or feeds 

 the firft crop, and lets the fecond ftand for 

 feed, gets from 4 to 12 bufhels per acre : 

 They manure with rape duft, lay three 

 quarters per acre on wheat, and four on 

 barley, cofts them 1 3 s. 6 d. a quarter be- 

 fides carriage of nine miles. They ufe two 

 horfes double, in their light lands ; in 

 their ftrong, four oxen and one horfe, 

 or two oxen and two horfes ; oxen reckon- 

 ed beft for ploughing. The particulars of 

 a farm, 



283 Acres all 213 Arable 



70 Ditto grafs j£»i20 Rent 



9 Horfes 





