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 hoed: They lime, one chMron per acre, for 

 this crop. Next they fow oats, of which 

 they get 60 huiheh per acre; then potatoes, 

 of which about 120 bufhels per acre ; after 

 tliefe they fow oats again, and lay down to 

 grafs with them. But this is ail relative to 

 land they find in culture, for fcarce any fpirit 

 prevails among them of breaking up the 

 uncultivated. 



One of Mr. Dani?y^s tenants, however, 

 Ljightfoot by name, has fhewed in one or 

 two inftances fomewhat more attention to 

 improvements than the general herd. He 

 has cultivated cabbages for four years, 

 winter fallows the land for them, and fets 

 the rows three feet afunder, and the plants 

 22 inches ; he finds them, both in quantity 

 and ufe, far beyond turnips ; values all he 

 has had at 6 /. an acre. I afked him what 

 he would take for the prefent year's crop 

 of three acres ; he replied, he would not 



fell them at all. Would you take 10/. an 



acre ? " 'Tis a deal of money," replied 



he, " but I would not part with them at 



" all." An anfwer, in the mouth of a 



common farmer, and that a little one too, 

 after four years experience, decifive with 

 mc in refped: to the value of cabbages. 



He cultivates potatoes conftantly, plants 

 14 bufhels ^tv acre, and gains 200. 



A moft excellent manure he has found 

 out, which is a compoft of bog earth and 



lime ; 



