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h; but how has he tried it ? why, on a 

 fmall patch of ground. It immediately 

 occurs to me, that the culture which he 

 gave a httle fpot might make it fucceed, 

 without infuring the fame fuccefs when 

 extended to a large field. — Another recom- 

 mends hoeing of turnips as an excellent 

 cuftom, from the fame experience; but 

 fhould I be fo imprudent as to overlook the 

 difference between the manner in which :i 

 fmall and a large fpace is hoed ? Twenty to 

 one but the degree of culture given to the 

 firfl much exceeds what the latter receives. 



Befides, what authority has a fmall piece 

 of ground with a common farmer ? None. 

 If a gentleman would introduce hoeing of 

 turnips, the clover culture, that of cabbages 

 or carrpts, &c. &c. &c. it muft not be by 

 I'oods and half acres of land ; but by fields 

 of five, ten, or twenty acres, that it may be 

 feerl, the culture is not fo difficult as not to 

 admit being extended to a large fcale, and 

 even whole farms. 



But with comparative experiments, all 

 this reafoning would be falfe. Large trails 

 of land are in them as deceitful as iniall 



ones in the other cafe. Suppofe I want 



to know the comparative merit of the drill 



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