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of other crops, I determined to try a ntw ex- 

 periment on fix acres, which were intended for 

 oats the next feafon, and which had that year 

 produced wheat. I cleared the wheat Hubble, 

 and made a complete fallow of the fix acres. I 

 laid on them thirty-fix loads of my compoft, 

 and fowed them again with wheat ; for I al- 

 ways was of opinion that land would bear good 

 crops of wheat for fuccelTive years, if well ma- 

 nured, and kept clean of weeds and rubbifh.-— 

 A good crop was produced where this compoft 

 was laid. This fort of cropping, hoviever, I 

 much difapprove of, except for experiment's 

 fake. One acre of early peas had of this com- 

 poft fix loads; and one half acre of pearl peas 

 three loads* The account will then ftand as 

 follows : 



Loads of compoft to cabbages 36 



Ditto of ditto to whea 

 Ditto of ditto to peas 



Ditto of ditto to wheat ^6 



Total loads 8 r 



So that there was a difference of only one load 

 between my cftimate by admeafurement, and 



the 



