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it is quite needlefs ; he planted with great 

 fuccefs in the middle of the drought of 

 1765, without watering. Mr. Crowe and 

 Mr. Turner aflert the fame. The Marquis 

 of Rocking /jam's, Mr. E/Ierkers and Mr. 

 Tuckers are watered in dry feafons. This 

 is a feeming contradiction, but eafily recon- 

 ciled; the firft fet of cultivators are of opi-? 

 nion the plants will do without it, confe- 

 quently, as the practice is troublefome and 

 fomewhat expenlive, it is well to omit it; 

 the others may think that they will live 

 without it, but fuppofe the benefit they re- 

 ceive from it is more than equivalent to the 

 trouble and expence : and this I take to be 

 the cafe between both parties; reafoning 

 can never overturn facts ; thofe which Mr. 

 Scroop in particular brings in fupport of his 

 opinion, are too ftrong to be overthrown ; 

 but then they certainly do not imply that 

 watering in dry feafons would do no fervice. 

 I have already examined fo much of the 

 point of ditration as depended on the time of 

 lowing; but it is further requifite to add, 

 that upon a general view of thefe excellent 

 cultivators experiments, it clearly appears, 

 that the Scotch cabbage will laft in good 

 perfection quite through the winter and 

 fpring, till the grafs is ready to receive the 

 cattle : This is not the cafe with every mode 

 of culture, but it is evidently a quality in the 

 vegetable, when managed with an eye to 



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