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 may conclude, that the implement was ufe- 

 lefs on fioney foils ; and from Mr. Scroope^s 

 experiments, that it is excellent on clnyy 

 loam and gravel. 



Such variations, in ufmg the fame in- 

 ftrument, cannot be uncommon : All ex- 

 periments, though condud:ed with ever fuch 

 exac^nefs, and limilitude of condudt, will 

 vary with the foil : And from thence refults 

 the great ufe of trying every thing upon all 

 forts of foils. 



The follow^ing account of the common 

 hufbandry in the neighbourhood of Daiiby, 

 will illuftrate the preceding particulars. 



The foil, in general, is a gravelly clay 

 and loam; lets at from ioj-. to i5J". the 

 arable. Farms from 30/. to 200/. The 

 courfe of crops generally three to a fallow. 

 For wheat, they plough three times, fow 

 two buihels, or two and an half if old 

 ploughing, the latter end of OBober and 

 beginning oi November ^ and gain from 20 

 to 25 bufhcls per acre. For barley, they 

 plough three times, fow two bulhels, and 

 two and a half, in April or beginning of 

 May^ and gain from three quarters to five 

 per acre. They plough once for oats, fow 

 four bullicls on an acre in March^ and gain 

 from 30 to 40 bulhels in return. They 

 j>l()ugh once for beans, fow^ four and \k 

 bulhels broad-caft in February^ never hoe 

 thorn, and gain from 20 to 25 bufliels, ufe 



them 



