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mon flovenly management of the farmers, 

 in refpect to this crop, made him determine 

 to introduce the excellent practice of hoeing, 

 common in many of the fouthern parts 

 of the kingdom. With this view he at- 

 tempted to perfuade his tenants to come 

 into the method, defcribed to them the 

 operation, pointed out its advantages ; 

 clearly explained to them the great con- 

 fequence of increafmg the fize of the roots 

 in the luxuriance of their growth, and the 

 equality of the crops ; reminded them of 

 the poor crops of fpring corn gained after 

 turnips, for want of a better culture; from 

 the difference of following a crop of weeds, 

 which will not feed cattle, and confequcntly 

 not improve the land ; and fucceeding a 

 large produce of valuable roots, which by 

 their thick made, and the quantity of cattle 

 they maintain, enrich the land at the fame 

 time that all weeds are deftroyed by the 

 hoeing. 



Uncontrovertible as this reafoning, fo 

 clearly founded on fads, mult appear to 

 the unprejudiced, yet with a fet of men of 

 contracted ideas, ufed to a ftated road, with 

 deviations neither to the right nor left, it 

 had very little effect : Turnips continued 

 to be fown, but were never hoed. His 

 Lordmip then finding that difcourfe and 

 reafoning could not prevail over the obfti- 



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