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4. Spring corn ; and with it white clover: 

 Hitherto generally alone ; never with 

 hay feeds, upon account of the feeds 

 of weeds : Propofes feparated grafs 

 .feeds, for which purpofe a nurfery is 

 provided *. 



If cabbages follow, then it is, 



4. Cabbages 



5. Spring corn 



6. Clover 



7. Wheat. 



Which . crops undoubtedly form an 

 excellent courfe for ilrong lands. 



For wheat, he ploughs (clover land) once, 

 fows one bufnel per acre, and reaps on an 

 average 20. For barley, he ploughs thrice, 

 fows one bufhel, and gains on an average, 

 four quarters befides fcreenings. For oats, 

 he ploughs once, twice, or thrice, fov,^s four 



* One field of nine acres was ploughed in Oi'^oher, 

 and winter fallowed, hi May fov/n with buck-vv-icat, 

 which was ploughed in in Av.gvji^ after which it 

 received two ploughings more, and was lown in 5^*- 

 tember with meadow fefcue and white clover. Tiiis 

 is an important trial, and the rcfult will doubtlefs prove 

 the neccffity of Inyi-ng land to grafs in this manner, 



Mr. Turner^ after a variety of experiments on laying 

 dov/n land for grafs, prefers fov/ing the feeds the mo- 

 ment they are threfhed out in July^ believing, that 

 one half of the quantity v/ill then do. He annup.lly 

 employs children to gather the bcfl forts out of the fields 

 fpr thi> purpof-, and hr.s always kept, two of his beft 

 meadows clean weeded for the fame ufe. 



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