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cimc: this is exadlly what my men do at pre- 

 fent for me. We will call it eighteen days* 

 work, and fuppofe the crop peas ; but other 

 garden-vegetables may be raifed at the like 

 expence, or cheaper : the land may be plough- 

 ed by horfes, and harrowed by them, but not 

 drilled -, for we will have a fmall plough for 

 thi's purpofe which llaall be drawn by an afs, 

 which will anfwer for fpinach, carrots, garden- 

 turnips, &:c. : as the drills ought to be only 

 twelve inches afunder, a horfe could not pafs 

 between the rows. The fame plough with the 

 afs may clean between the rows; for the plough 

 and afs being the exadl meafure of the furrow, 

 will clean the land they have made themfelves, 

 in a perfedl manner; and the drills will be a 

 proper fpace to walk in. 



I attended my men to fet with potatoes an 

 acre of land where garden-beans were growing, 

 and half an acre of them were formed for blof- 

 fom, and the reft fufficiently advanced to bear 

 moulding high in the rows. This was per- 

 formed a few minutes within three hours in the 

 following manner : Six children to drop the 

 potatoes before the plough. One man to mind i 



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