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His Lordfhip has had two acres and an half 

 of turnips on juft fuch, and the crop was ex- 

 ceedingly good: he has always remarked in 

 burning, that wherever there w 7 ere many 

 afhes, there are furc to be good turnips. The 

 two acres and an half kept feven bullocks, 

 each 8 cwt. and fixty fheep, three months. 

 On four acres of the fame fort, he has now a 

 crop of turnips fown: it was drained 10 years 

 ago. This fummer he dug it over, levelled 

 it, and burnt the fpit in great heaps : this 

 digging coft 3I. 10s. an acre. The burning il. 

 It was harrowed with bullocks, which, with 

 feed, &c. he reckons 10s. in all 5I. an acre, 

 w r hich expenfe he knows by experience is re- 

 paid by the crop of turnips. In harrowing, 

 if a bullock in a foft place finks in, they flip 

 the harnefs off him, and fet the others to drag 

 him out by the horns, fixing the rope round 

 the horns as in hoifting an ox into a fhip. 



I remarked, uponthisl)oggy bottom, a fmall 

 plantation of Scotch firs, which did very well, 

 and larch flill better. Willows will not 

 thrive. A gentleman inclofed and drained 4 

 acres, which he planted with them, and they 

 fhot away for four years, but then all died. 

 They do, however, very well in the turf it- 

 felf, if the upper furface of fpunge is cleared 

 away. In improving any bogs, Lord Long- 

 ford thinks the tillage fhould be renewed alter- 

 nately with grafs every fix or feven years, or 

 it will cover again with heath (erica) burning it 

 the beft way. 



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