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tnent — a proportion of upwards of three loads 

 of foil to one of manure. I began to fear I 

 had been too liberal of earth, and too fparing 

 of manure, and that my cabbages would fuffcr 

 for it. The land I intended to plant them up- 

 on being poor foil, and having had a crop of 

 potatoes, '<i. crop of wheat, and then a crop of 

 oats, I was very certain that without afliftancc 

 it would not bring a cabbage to perfedlion, 

 efpecially in winter. Therefore I knew all 

 muft depend upon the compoft. 



As foon as the oats were mown, I had them 

 moved from the land, and half an acre plough- 

 ed two days after. The half acre was then har- 

 rowed, and the rubbifh raked off: it was then 

 - ploughed a fecond time, harrowed and raked, 

 and the rubbifh carried off. Drills were made 

 for eight rows. 1 then put in the compoft, and 

 covered it up with foil. In each drill I fet four 

 V hundred plants. The weather being very dry, 

 1 did not much like my profpedl -, as I thought 

 the compoft would lofe its virtue. At this time, 

 my plants in the feed-bed being forward, they 



wanted thinning very much, and every thing 

 appeared to be going wrong. In a week after, 



howevcAj 



