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little turnips would go much farther, b j not 



being To liable to wafte and damage. • 



To anfwer fuch rubbifh in the purchafer, 

 would be to affront every common under- 



ftanding. Clover they fow with barley, 



and generally mow the firft crop. 



Lime is their principal manure ; they lay 

 a chaldron and quarter per acre : Colls 8 s, 

 per chaldron at the kiln, and the leading 

 from I J-. to IS. 6 d. per chaldron. They 

 always break up old grafs, by paring and 

 burning ; confequently that method proves a 

 conliderable manuring j the expence, 



Paring, ^ ^ >C'0 ^3 o 



Burning, - - 050 



Spreading, v -016 



;^. o 19 6 



They reckon this fuperior to all other ma- 

 nures. They never chop their ftubbles ; 

 and they feed their hay about the fields ; 

 confequently the farm-yard manure is no- 

 thing. 



Very good grafs land lets at 20 j". an acre; 

 they apply it to the three purpofes of 

 fatting heifers, fatting fhcep, and dairying. 

 Two acres will carry a cow through the 

 fummer. Their breed is the fhort horned, 

 which they reckon much the beil both for 

 fatting and milking; fliort horned cows 



they 



