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dftonifhment at having miffed a good crop* 

 However, as we take it for granted he fowed 

 little elfe than chaff, had he fpread eighty 

 bufhels per acre, the difappointment would 

 have been nearly the fame. 



When I firft commenced farmer I did like 

 my neighbours, and pinned my faith upon him 

 who was mod efteemed as a good manager. 

 When I faw fome extraordinarily good grafs, I 

 enquired how the owner managed it. I foon 

 found that men of acknowledged abilities and 

 experience differed in practice; and it (truck 

 me that it might be poffible to form a fyftem 

 of my own, that I might avoid fome things 

 which they were wedded to by cuftom, but 

 which I faw flrong reafons to difapprove. In 

 fhort, being determined to think for myfelf, I 

 tried a great number of experiments, and never 

 ventured to recommend any new method to 

 others until 1 had full proof of its efficacy from 

 my own trials. 



In time of feed-fowing a dealer will offer 

 hay-feeds for fale, and will affert their good- 

 nefs, though all his knowledge centres in having 

 looked at them. If they are fair to the eye, that, 

 in his opinion, conftitutes perfection. 



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