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For trial, take an acre for peas. We will 

 fuppofe the land to be in good condition, and 

 to require only once p loughin g, or once dig- 

 ging. The ploughing will cod per acre 5^. j 

 the harrowing, is. 6d.; drilling, is. 6d, ; Tow- 

 ing the peas, 4J. per acre -, and the harrowing- 

 in, IS, 6d, It will be neceffary to mould three 

 times with the plough ; twice, to kill the fmall 

 weeds; and once, to mould up the peas. The 

 moulding to kill the weeds and afford a little 

 earth, each time is. The third and laft time 

 of moulding we will eftimate at is, per acre. — 

 Thefe different fums put together will make 

 the expence to be 14J* lod, per acre. Now in 

 the common way the leaft coft is per acre, 

 digging, 2/. 2J. ; fetting, i/, is,-, hoeing to 

 kill the weeds, 45.; moulding, 4^. if not 5^. ; 

 which will be 3/. iis, or 3/. lij. per acre. — 

 The gardener attached to the old pradice, will 

 fay, his method will produce better crops. — 

 The following is a proof of the fuperiority of 

 mine : I had on the 25th day of May 1797 an 

 acre and a half of peas in full bloom on my 

 farm at Sprodborough, which for that fituation 

 was a novelty: they grew on an acre and a 



half 



