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for fat oxen, fheep, calves, and cows (except 

 milch). This gentleman has fed many 

 fheep upon rape, and the crop anfwered 

 extremely well ; he thinks the better for it, 

 as he obferved it yielded mofl where it was 

 neareft eat; he had 80 fheep upon 17 acres, 

 and fold 20 of thofe fheep for 40 guineas ; 

 he had twelve laft of feed upon thofe acres, 

 80 bufliels to the laft. 



This is a remarkable obfervation : The 

 pradlice is totally contrary to that of nine 

 tenths of the country I have hitherto tra- 

 velled ; wherein they think that feeding it, 

 at any time, ruins the crop of feed ; but 

 efpecially if late enough in the fpring to 

 make the food of particular value. It is a 

 point that fhould be experimentally exa- 

 mined. INIr. Scroope'% trial is important. 



This gentleman never keeps clover more 

 than one year, and ploughs in the after- 

 grafs, upon which he gets a good crop of 

 wheat ; he has had pretty good crops of 

 tares, and extreme good oats after them, 

 the tares fown after barley. 



His general pradlice is to lay fifteen loads 

 of dung upon an acre, befides two chaldrons 

 of lime ; of foap-afhcs he lays from 25 to 

 30 load/'£'r acre, alfo common afhes. Some- 

 times lays 40 loads of town-dung fer acre, 

 and has laid the fame of clay on an acre of 

 gravelly land in ploughing, which has 

 anfwered extremely well. The compoft he 



has 



