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he pared and burnt, spread three chaldrons 

 of lime among the aihes, and fowed it v.ith 

 oats, of wliich he got but an indifferent crop. 

 He next threw in three more chaldrons, 

 planted half of itwitli potatoes, and fowed 

 the other half with mail in ; the crops 

 middling. He then limed it again, fowed 

 it with oats, the crop 35 bufhels. After 

 another liming, fowed it with oats, and 

 gained 50 bulhels. Next he limed it again, 

 and fowed half of it with barley, and planted 

 the other half with potatoes ; the crops but 

 indifferent. He then limed it again, and 

 fowed oats once more, of which he got 40 

 bufhels ; with thefe oats he fowed hay feeds, 

 all he could get together or procure, which 

 was 36 bufhels. After the oats were oif, 

 he mixed fome lime and earth together and 

 fpread over the land : The grafs came very 

 finely, and has been exceeding good ever 

 fmce, and improving every year, it is now 

 worth 20 J", an acre : I viewed it attentively, 

 and think it well worth that rent. 



This firfl effay Vs^as very fpirited, but not 

 carried on upon principles which can be 

 altogether approved of: Indeed it could not 

 be expeded that a poor collier fhould ftrike 

 at once, and wichout any experience, into 

 an accurate and correct hufbandry. 



His next effort was upon an addition of 

 eight acres, which however were too much 

 for him to improve at once, but he effected 



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