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LETTER XII. 



IT was not without regret that I took my 

 leave of Swinton^ and its moft worthy- 

 owner : It is a family in which a polite 

 chearfulneis and a manly urbanity both 

 pleafe and inftrud:. My route was to 

 Crakehiily at which place lives Mathew 

 Dod/wortb^ Efq; whofe experiments and 

 improvements in agriculture merit a parti- 

 cular attention. He was fo obliging as to 

 give me a very candid and fenfible account 

 of the hufbandry commonly prad;ifed in 

 his neighbourhood, as well as the rcgifier 

 of his own experience. By firil: inferting 

 the former, the latter will be the better 

 underftood. 



The foil about Crakehill is chiefly gravel ; 

 lets, the arable at \os. and the grafs at 

 1 6 J-. Farms rife from 20/. to 80/. a year. 

 Their courfes are, 



I. Turnips — 2. Barley — 3. Peafe. 



And, I. Turnips — 2. Barley — 3. Oats. 



Alfo, I. Fallow — 2. Wheat — 3. Oats. 



Alio, I. Fallow — 2. Wheat. — 3. Beans. 



Like wife, i. Turnips — 2. Wheat — 3. 

 Oats. 



And, !. Tarnips-^--2. Wheat — 3. Peafe. 



And, 



