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an average, about three quarters. For barley 

 they plow from once to thrice, fow two 

 buihels and an half in April or May, and 

 gain about twenty- five. Sometimes barley 

 is fown on new broken- up land, and the 

 produce fifty buihels. They give but one 

 ftirring for oats fow four buihels before 

 barley lowing, and get twenty-eight in re- 

 turn. For peafe they give but one earth, 

 low two buihels, and get in return about 

 fixteen; generally ufe the grey rouncivals. 

 T-'iey give from three to five plowings for 

 rye, fow two bufhels, the crop about twen- 

 ty-four. 



For turneps they giv^ three or four earths ? 

 never hoe, and reckon the average value 

 per acre at 5 or. <pfe them for fheep, and fat- 

 ting of hearts. Clover they fow with either 

 barley or oats, generally mow it once, (three 

 times have been known,) and get two ton of 

 hay per mowing. 



They prepare for potatoes by plowing 

 twice or thrice; dung the land with long 

 hone dung ; lay the fetts in every other fur- 

 row, ten inches afunder, and hand-hoe be- 

 tween them, if weedy; fometimes they horfe- 

 hoe them : If the land is defigned for wheat, 

 they liiH. it about Midfummer, while the po- 

 tatoes a;e growing. The crops rife to 200 

 bufhtls per acre, but the average about 120$ 

 price about 2s. a buiheh 



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