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 manuring drained land, will go as far as 

 half as many pounds before the land is 

 drained, nor did I ever remark open drains 

 doing the bufmefs efFedually. 



His Lordfhip's method of laying his land 

 down with grafs-feeds muft not be omitted ; 

 he ploughs the land very fine, lays it per- 

 fectly level ; and fows, 



1 7 lb. of white Dutch clover. 



14 bufhcls of clean hay feeds. 



I -^ lb. of rib-grafs. 



I f lb. of trcfoile to each acre ; by which 

 means his land is foon covered with a thick 

 and excellent herbage. 



Cabbages his Lordfnip has tried as food 

 for cattle three years : His firfl experiment 

 on them was in the year 1766, when he 

 had eight acres of the large Scotch fort : 

 The foil is a rich loam grafs-land, pared 

 and burnt, and ploughed four times. They 

 were planted the end of 'June in rows, three 

 feet afunder, and two feet from plant to 

 plant in the rows. They were horfe-hoed 

 twice, and hand-hoed in the rows once. 

 When in perfection they amounted to 14 

 Ih. each upon an average: Were all given 

 to milch cows ; no butter faperior, nor kept 

 better ; but the precaution of breaking off 

 the loofe leaves was taken, and only the 

 found heart given to the cows. Other cattle 

 eat the leaves. 



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