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ceedingly good. The black Frizeland oat, and 

 the fecond crop, yielded 26 barrels an acre, each 

 14 ftone. Sowed Dutch clover with the lafl 

 crop, and could let it at 20s. an acre. 



Experiment, No. 5. 



Another piece of heath mountain, not en- 

 tirely dry, worth is. an acre, manured very 

 richly with lime-frone fand, and at the expenie 

 of 30s. an acre, and left {o without any other 

 improvement. In three years it was worth 5s. 

 in eight years 10s. an acre, and in twelve years 

 il. is. and fo has remained. 



Experiment, No. 6. , 



Another piece, worth five (hillings an acre, 

 was fanded at il. as. C;d. which was left three 

 years on it, and then planted with potatoes, 

 by the country people, who paid 3I. 10s. an 

 acre. After which it was fown thrice with 

 oats, the crops very good, left for mcaa. . , 

 and let it at 30s. an acre. 



Experiment, No. 7. 



Sanded another piece, at iL 5s. left it three 

 years, and ploughed it up in dry weather, in 

 May ; left it till after wheat lowing, and then 

 crofs-ploughed it, and in the fpring harrowed 

 it with great ox harrows, and planted it with 

 potatoes; after which two crops of oats, great 

 crops, and then left it for grafs. Worth im- 

 mediately il. 2S. o,d. an acre. 



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