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Clover and ray-grafs, and fainfoine un- 

 known among the common farmers. 



In a few of the neighbouring parifhes, 

 fome rape is fown both for feeding of 

 fheep, and for crops of feed ; it is gene- 

 rally thrown 'in upon new broke-up land, 

 and with good fuccefs, having produced 

 from three to five quarters per acre. 



They arc throughout this tracl pretty 

 attentive to the manuring of their land : 

 Lime, after being long unknown, is coming ' 

 into ufe, and thofe who have tried it rind 

 great advantage from the practice. 



Soap-aftics they buy wherever they can, 

 and find nothing to exceed them. 



All forts of manure is bought at high 

 prices at Hull, and carried nine or ten 

 miles around. Rape-duft from the oil 

 mills is a capital article with them, having 

 found it of prodigious benefit to all forts 

 of land ; but it is chiefly laid on their bar- 

 ley lands. All other forts of manure, fuch 

 as coal-afhes, horfe, hog, and cow dung, 

 the fullage of the ftreets, &c. &c. &c. is 

 purchafed at about 2 s, 6 d. or 3 s. a wag- 

 gon-load of 50 buihels, and fpread on the 

 fields to great profit. About 50 years ago, 

 the manuring from Hull was begun by a 

 poor man who hired a clofe of grafs; he 

 had four aiies which he employed con- 

 ftantly in carrying away allies and dung, 

 and Spreading them upon his pafture, the 

 M z improve- 



