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fields, lam perfedly clear, the averi7ge\vp\g]\t 

 ■per acre of the whole country would not 

 rife to above five tons. Mr. Crowe has ralfcd 

 cabbages over a whole field, of 50 tons per 

 acre ; in other words, as much on one acre 

 as the farmers do of turnips on ten. A very 

 ftriking comparifon ! 



Candour, however, requires me to add, 

 that this gentleman prefers turnips to cab- 

 bages on light, or gravelly land : But I mufl 

 be allowed to remark upon that opinion, 

 that the juftnefs of it depends merely upon 

 the turnips being hoed or not. If they are 

 hoed, I leave it to further enquiries to decide 

 the parallel : If they are not hoed, common 

 fenfe mull determine it in a moment. The 

 cabbages are a very valuable crop ; whereas 

 the turnips, for more reaibns than one, are 

 pernicious. They are efleemed a fallow, 

 though full of v/eeds, and the land boivnd, 

 and rough ; the confequence of which is, 

 the foil being conflantly in wretched order ;. 

 the corn crop miferably full of v/eeds — fo" 

 that you will v/alk over them, and pointing 

 it out, be told, it is after a falloW' — that is to. 

 fay, turnips unhoed : A very capital fallow, 

 it mufl needs be confeifed ! — But t!ic con- 

 trary of all this is the cafe with cabbages. 

 The remedy for this bad hufbandry is- 

 very plain ; if turnips are hoed thoroughly^ 

 let them pafs for a fallow ; if not, a 

 crop, 3 



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