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 from 2 /. 104/. they are fed ofFwith fheep^. 

 *rhey fow a little rape, plough but once', 

 after paring and burning ; fow about half 

 a peck, and gain about half a laft. They 

 then lime the rape ftubble, and fow v/hfeat. 

 They know nothing of clover. 



As to manure, their ideas are but im- 

 j[)erfed: : All they know of farm yard dung,' 

 confifts in the feeding their cattle with 

 ftraw ; for their hay, they ftack about the 

 fields, and never chop their ftubbleS. They 

 lime every fallow, with about a chaldron 

 and a half per acre; c6il and leading 12s,' 

 2L chaldron. 



Their method of breaking up grafs lands, 

 is by paring and burning; the paring cofts 

 12 s. and the burning 8 j". , 



They have tried fea fand in fmall quan- 

 tities upon clay ; it anfwers vrell, but is' 

 expenfive. 



Sea-weed they fometim.es ufe ; they 

 either fay it on the land as they colled: it j 

 or make heaps of it till rotten ; but in ge- 

 neral they reckon It bell frefh. 



Very good grafs lets for 25 s. an acre ; 

 apply it chiefly to dairying, and reckon that 

 dne acre is fufficient to carry a cow through 

 fi'immer, but of the common grafs at 1 2 x. 

 a'n acre, two are neceflary. In feeding, they 

 reckon five fheep equal to a cow. Their 

 yard dung they are generally obliged to lay 

 on to their grafs lands- A milch cow, the;^ 



Vol, IL h reckon 



