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At Warerii near Belford, have been ibme 

 improvements of moor land, which deferve 

 mention. The foil is a black, rotten, boggy, 

 peat earth, letts at is. bd. an acre. They 

 plow it up in October, and let it lie all the 

 fucceeding fummer without touching, and 

 likewife the winter, when they lime it : Of 

 this manure they reckon too much cannot 

 be laid on ; generally ten or twelve fother, 

 at twenty-four bufhels each, which cofis 

 3 s. 6 d. a fother, befides leading, which is 

 6d. Some few from twenty to thirty. After 

 this liming they crofs plow it, and harrow it 

 three or four times ; then fow turneps, 

 which, if well fown, want, according to 

 their notions, no hoeing. They are worth, 

 upon a medium, about 50 s. per acre. After 

 thefe turneps they plow once and fow oats, 

 four bufhels to the acre, and gain a crop of 

 about twenty-eight or thirty. This crop is 

 fucceeded by a fecond of oats, managed as 

 before, and the produce much the fame : 

 After this comes a third, as before ; but it 

 feldom yields above twenty bufhels per acre. 

 After this, they fallow and lime it, and fow 

 turneps, which are not worth above 25J. an 

 acre. Next come oats, of which they do 

 not get above fixteen bufhels ; they Jbw* 

 fome ray grafs, and a few other feeds, which 

 may make the field worth 5 or 6 s. an acre, 

 for five or fix years : They ufe it for cows 



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