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Racquets burnet fown inftead of the clovers ; 

 it has produced a good crop or two, but 

 fcems to be going off, and this is a new 

 obje6li'.)n to burnet, which I was not aware 

 of, but which I have experienced two or 

 three times; it comes up very w^li, and pro- 

 duces a good crop or two (I generally fow 

 15 pound to an acre) but afterwards goes 

 off much like red clover. 



In July and Augiiji 1764, 12 acres were 

 drilled with new fainfoin feed juft threlhed, 

 and one acre adjoining fow^n by hand, in 

 order to compare the difference ; the firfl 

 a bufhel and a half to an acre, the laft four 

 bujQieis ; the land a high and diftant part of 

 the wolds, exhaufted by repeated crops 

 without manuring. I had lately inclofed 

 a large field of 70 acres, of which this made 

 a part, by four or five ploughings had 

 brought the land into excellent tilth, and 

 by the addition of the fheepfold, I judged 

 that the land would bring tv^lerable turnips, 

 the feed of which was fown in yu?ie^ in a 

 fine feafon ; but the crop totally failed, 

 owing partly to the fly, and partly to the 

 want of heart in the land, whereby the 

 feed leaves could not make a vigorous flioot ; 

 however, being unwilling to lofe the benefit 

 of fo many ploughings, I immediately fowed 

 the fainfoin feed as above, which came up 

 in a fortnight's time very well, and acquired 

 fo much flrength before winter, as in a great 



meafure 



