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cannot turn out fo profitable a crop : but by 

 the mode here recommended you get a crop 

 and a half in two years. 



Rape-ftraw ought, like other draw, to be 

 preferved for manure : and although it be not 

 fit for food, it will anfwer the purpofe of litter. 

 It is generally thought that rape-itraw affords 

 little manure. So would every other llraw 

 were it burnt, as is praftifed with that of rape ; 

 but no draw will yield fo much in afhes. We 

 well know there is more bulk in rape-ftraw 

 than in any other fort, and I am of opinion it 

 is alfo heavier^ 



Rape is a fucculent plant; and, as it is agreed 

 by the bed botanifts, that when rain falls afa- 

 lubrious manure drops from the leaves of fuck 

 plants, why fhould not the leaves colleded 

 make good manure ? Surely it is worth while 

 making the experiment. I have known land 

 produce rape fourteen fucceffive years, and 

 bear the {tven crops without being manured in 

 that time. I am of opinion, that, had the rape- 

 draw been laid in the fold-yard, v/orked up 

 into a compod, and then put in drills and 

 managed as before defcribed, it would have im- 

 proved 



