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but have always began to burft in September. 

 Has ufed them for fattening fheep, that would 

 not fatten on giafs; alfo for bullocks, which 

 throve perfectly well, like wife the leaves with 

 great care in picking) to milch cows, but the 

 butter tafted. Finds that the principal ufe of 

 them is for bringing on cattle that will not 

 finifh at grafs, and to be ufed all before 

 Chriftmas. Barley that has been fown upon 

 cabbage land which fucceeded potatoes, a vaft 

 crop, 24 barrels an acre. Turnips Mr. John- 

 lion has had for thefe ten years, from 1 to 4 

 acres, and, has always applied them to fatten- 

 ing fheep, for which purpose he finds them 

 excellent- and beft to feed in the field, be- 

 caufe faft in the ground for the fheep to bite 

 at, provided there is fome grafs for them to 

 lie on. 



Has deviated from the common late fowing 

 of wheat, putting his inthe beginning of Sep- 

 tember, and finds his harveft fo much earlier, 

 than his is in the haggard (reek yard) when 

 others are cutting. 



His tillage he performs with only 2 horfes. 

 Mr. Johnfton is a great friend to the Irifh 

 cars: He carries 10 to I2cwt. of turf, 3 ffa- 

 tute kifhes of hard ftone turf, each horfe 10 

 turns a day, or 20 miles, and all done on 

 grafs alone. 



July 6th went to Rathan, where Lord Shel- 

 burne has placed a Norfolk bailiff, Mr. Van- 

 cover, 



