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LETTER X, 



TH E hufbandry of that gentleman, 

 both common and experimental, is 

 greatly worthy the attention of the public. 

 But firft let me, by way of introdudion, 

 give the agriculture of the farmers about 

 Kiplin. 



The foil is of two forts, a loamy gravel, 

 jmd a cold, v/et, red clay ; lets from 5 s. to 

 20 s. par acre. 



Farms rife from 50 /. to 200 /. a year. 



Their courfes of crops are: 



On the gravels. 

 I. Turnips — 2. Barley — 3. Mafiin. 



On clay. 

 I. Fallow — 2. Wheat — 3. Oats. 



And, I, Fallow — 2. Wheat — 3. Peafe 

 and beans. 



For wheat they plough four or five times, 

 low two bufhels and half a peck ; and gain 

 in return upon gravel 25 bufhels, and upon 

 clay 18. For barley, they plough once or 

 twice, fow two buihels and an half, an4 

 reckon the average crop at four quarters. 

 They give but one fllrring for oats, fow 

 three bufhels ; the produce on a medium 

 3Q bufliels. 



For 



