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The green peaſe are ſold in-baſkets, or half-buſhel ſacks, at different prices, from 5s. to 10 Or 125. per baſket, from the beginning of june to the end of July. The expence of picking is about 44. per bufhel, As they manure for the peaſe, which are got in early in the ſpring, they find this advantage in ſowing them on a clover-lay, that the ground more readily bears the weight of the dung-cart in winter. When the ground is cleared of the peaſe, turnips are immediately ſown in hopes of ſecuring two crops in one year; this, however, will only ſucceed on ground well cultivated and richly manured. In a favourable year the peaſe will produce ten pounds per acre. The excellent ſtate of the pea-haulm, when cut green and dried ſuddenly while in the full vigour of its ſap, is another recommenda- tion of this ſyſtem of huſbandry where practicable. Horſes are found to thrive on it nearly as well as on hay.
Turnips are cultivated chiefly for the cow-keepers, who fetch them at the diſtance of even ſixteen miles from the metropolis. The price varies from three guineas and a half to eight guineas per acre, according to the diſtance and goodneſs of the crop: ſix guineas is a good price for a good crop at the diſtance of 10 miles from London, Two years ago, Dr. Wilkinſon had a field of five acres, for which he refuſed eight guineas per acre from a cow-Keeper. The turnips grew on a part of Enfield-Chace, which he had himſelf reclaimed from its natural wildneſs and ſterility.— The ſale of the turnip-crop to the cow-keepers, and the general practice of mowing the meadow land for a ſecond crop, will prevent the ſheep huſbandry from prevailing much in this diſtrict. The clover too, is frequently ſold to be cut green, inſtead of being grazed. A good crop will bring ſix guineas an acre.
Manure.— The increaſed price of manure, is a ſufficient proof, either of greater attention to huſbandry, or that a greater quantity of ground is in cultivation. Formerly, the
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