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on the moory foil they cultivate it, and fow 

 winter corn after it. 



Clover they have done with, for accord- 

 ing to tlieir own account it was ul?d till 

 it fouled the land, and fel dom came to any 

 thing of a crop. They ufe forne white 

 Dutch however. This circuniftance of clover 

 being mifchievous is very fufplcious, and 

 gives much reafon to fuppofe that it was 

 very ill managed. 



As to manure, their chief dependance is 

 on lime, of which they lay two chaldrons 

 per acre on every fallow, which coft 7 j". 6 ^/* 

 a chaldron. Their paring and burning is 

 at the rate of, 



s. d. 

 Paring, - - 12 o 



Burning, - - 7 6 



19 6 per acre. 



Their farm-yard dung is in fmall quan- 

 tity, as they never chop the ftubbles, and 

 ftack their hay in the fields, where they 

 fodder it. Although fo near Richmond as 

 three miles, yet no dung or other manure 

 is there purchafcd by the farmers. 



Very good grafs lets at from Soj". to 40 j. 

 an acre ; they apply both to dairying and 

 fatting : Some of their beft ground will 

 carry at the rate of a cow to an acre, but 

 in common it takes an acre and a half. 



Five 



