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 upon the fame conftruction as the Marquis 

 of Rockingh>wi > s, only the fpikes with 

 blunt ends inftead of fharp ones. After 

 the rollings, he rakes the field with a horfe 

 rake; which is made the fame as a com- 

 mon rake for clearing flubbles of corn, 

 only of a confiderable length and ftrength 

 to work by a horfe in fhafts: This machine 

 he draws acrofs the land to clear it of 

 twitch, and finds it to anfwer greatly. 

 Upon this fallow, he lays his manure in 

 October, confirming of his yard dung mixed 

 in heaps, and ploughing it in, leaves the 

 field for barley in the fpring, when he 

 ploughs and fows at once. He never gets 

 lefs than fix quarters per acre ; with it he 

 fows clover, which he mows for hay twice, 

 and gains 3^ tons at twice ; wheat upon 

 the clover, of which he feldom reaps lefs 

 than three quarters. The foil is excellent, 

 a fine rich loam worth 30 s. an acre. 



Upon land not light enough for turnips, 

 nothing can exceed this hufbandry, which 

 ©very where deferves imitation ; the mak- 

 ing the fallow fine by the middle of May, 

 is an admirable plan, and cannot fail of 

 great fuccefs, as it is the only method of 

 rendering the land perfectly clean from feed 

 weeds. But I fhould apprehend the laying 

 the dung on before the winter, would en- 

 danger the falts being wafhed from it by 

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