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fVieans his eftate, In a few years, will be a 

 garden. 



Befides thefe general defigns, this gentle- 

 man has tried fome particular experi- 

 jnents, which I fhall next give fome 

 account of. 



In 1767, he cultivated fix acres of car- 

 rots in a field, the foil of which was part 

 « white fand, and the reft a black and 

 richer fort. It was fummer fallowed, and 

 fown in the broad-caft manner the begin- 

 ning of April. They came up very regu- 

 larly, were hand-weeded in about five weeks, 

 and three times afterwards. They were alfo 

 hand-hoed, with hoes three inches v/ide, 

 but left fo near as from three to four inches, 

 in which manner they ftood till taken up : 

 I'his was about Michaelmas : They were 

 dug up with three and four pronged forks. 

 Their fize in the black fand was from fix to 

 eight inches long, but lefs than a man's 

 wrift. In the white fand they were not 

 above five inches long, and not fo large as 

 the others. The crop w^as given to milch 

 cows, and hogs ; the cows were very fond 

 of them, and their milk received no 

 ill tafte. Several hogs, porkers of fix 

 Itone, were fatted on them^ : No pork could 

 be finer, they fatted quick and exceedingly 

 well : The carrots were ?iven raw. As to' 

 the expence, the weeding, hoeing, and 

 taking up, coft 15/. 



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