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country between thefe towns is various, 

 much of it moors, and quite uncultivated, 

 though evidently capable of it, which is 

 melancholy to reflect on. About Kefwick 

 the husbandry is as follows : 



The foil is both a hazel mould, fand, 

 gravel, and moory ; the firft but (hallow : 

 The inclofed lefts from 20 j. to 30 s. right 

 of commonage included. 



Farms, from 10/. to 80/. a year. 



Their courfe, 



1 . Oats on turf 4. Wheat 



2. Fallow 5. Oats and 



3. Barley grafies. 

 They plow twice for wheat, fow two 



bulhels and an half, about Michaelmas, and 

 reap thirty- five to forty, upon an average. 

 They alio ftir twice for barley, fow iix 

 buhhels in April or May, and reap forty in 

 return. For oats they ftir but once, fow 

 /even buihels, and gain fifty. They have 

 no beans, very few peafe, and as little rye. 

 They ftir three times for turneps, hoe them 

 once or twice; the average value about 55s. 

 ufe them for feeding iheep, and ftall-fatting 

 oxen. They know but little of clover ; one 

 or two farmers have tried it with barley, but 

 found it good for nothing. It muft have 

 been upon ftrange land ! 



They have two ways of cultivating pota- 

 toes, by plowing and digging : In the firfr, 

 they ftir three times, and dung the land well, 



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