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Bcfides thefe numerous arricles, his 

 Lordfhip has dire&ed him to undertake 

 the culture of hops according to the prac- 

 tice of Kent, and in his farm a field is 

 planted with them. They are fet in hil- 

 locks fix feet fix inches fquare; planted 

 the latter end of January : there was a 

 crop of cabbages among them ; he fays 

 it is a common practice in Kent to have 

 rows of cabbages or beans, or to fow tur- 

 nips among them the firft year, but the 

 method muft be prejudicial to the hops; 

 for the nourimment which ought to be 

 praferved for them, is carried off the land, 

 and a probability of flocking it with cater- 

 pillars, grubs and other vermin, which 

 may damage the young hops. He poles 

 and gathers the fecond year, and as he 

 ha£ great hope from the goodnefs of his 

 foil, he expects eight or nine hundred 

 weigh! of hops per acre per annum. 



His management of his manure is much 

 better than is common in Yorkjloire ; he 

 carries it out of the farm -yard, lays it 

 under the hedges, and then digs up all the 

 hillocks and riling irregular banks of earth, 

 and mixes them well with the dung. This 

 practice, which is common in Effex^ is un- 

 known among the common farmers in 

 York/hire ; of this compofl he lays 50 loads 

 ( 1 8 bum els) per acre. His method of ufing 



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