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of Rockingham. They were fo kind aS 

 to give me the following account. Mr; 

 Hcivett\ experiments have been chiefly 

 upon carrots, lucerne, and burnet. He 

 began the culture of the firft in the year 

 1765, with one acre, which he ploughed 

 feven times as a winter fallow ; the foil a 

 tine light hazel mould, about a foot deep, 

 upon a limeftone rock. They were fown 

 the middle of April, by hand, in drills one 

 foot afunder, with 4/^. and half of feed. 

 As foon as they came up they were horfe- 

 hoed, which a man and boy did in five 

 hours ; the weeds that grew among the 

 plants were drawn out by hand ; after this 

 they were horfe-hoed a fecond time, and 

 again acrois the rows, which cut away the 

 plants to the diftance of about fix inches 

 afunder. The crop was begun to be taken 

 up in Oclob'er, and continued drawing, as 

 ■ Qted, till the middle of March; the 



ntity fixteen cart-loads, of forty 



each, or 640 bumels, which is an 



Six horfes were kept on 



n through the winter (except when ab- 



fent from home) without oats ; performed 



their work as ufual, and looked equally 



Lie beads were flitted on them 



and turnips, whi h evidently preferred 



carrots, mfemuch that it was loon 



; to make them eat the turnips 



at 



