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four bufhels broad-caff, does not hoe 

 them, and reapr at a medium about J - 

 quarters per acre. Sometimes he drills th.m 

 by hand after the plough in rows 10 inc -s 

 afunder, in which method two bufhels au I 

 a half of feed he finds fufficient ; y-epera^y 

 hand-hoes them but once, ibmetiines tw^c, 

 and earths them up with the hoe wku a 

 foot high ; in this manner he gets four 

 quarters per acre. Peafe he manages the 

 fame as beans ; in the broad-caff way he 

 fows four bufhels, and reaps two quarters 

 and an half; in the drilling method lows 3-i 

 bufhels; the crop the fame. For turnips 

 he ploughs three times, hoes thtm twice, 

 and reckons the value at an average about 

 36 s. per acre. Sometimes he ieeds them, 

 off the land with fheep, but when it is in- 

 clinable to wetnefs he draws them for hearts, 

 fcattering them over a grafs ciofe. Clover 

 he cultivates in the fame manner as the 

 Kentijlo farmer ; mows it twice for hay, of 

 which he gets at a medium three tons per 

 acre, and values it at 1 /. a ton. Cab- 

 bages he likewife cultivates, fows the feed 

 the end of February or the beginning of 

 March ; pricks them out once before they 

 are planted in the field, which is about 

 Midjummer : He makes the rows 3 feet 

 afunder, and lets the plants 3 feet from 

 each other. In three weeks after planting 



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