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than_o the_o beast_n which_o till_o the_o ground_n in_o fine_a what_o i_o have_v write_v upon_o this_o subject_a be_v not_o ground_v upon_o the_o report_n and_o method_n of_o other_o author_n but_o upon_o my_o own_o observation_n towards_o which_o i_o have_v have_v some_o small_a advantage_n by_o my_o long_a continuance_n in_o a_o private_a and_o country_n life_n which_o observation_n i_o shall_v adventure_v to_o deliver_v more_o particular_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n chap._n ii_o of_o tillage_n the_o art_n and_o practice_n then_o of_o husbandry_n be_v reducible_a to_o these_o three_o general_a head_n viz._n tillage_n pasturage_n and_o plantation_n on_o each_o of_o which_o i_o shall_v be_v brief_a in_o regard_n many_o write_v daily_o upon_o this_o subject_a more_o copious_o sometime_o than_o solid_o their_o volume_n general_o swell_v with_o trivial_a observation_n and_o large_a digression_n whereas_o the_o reason_n of_o thing_n be_v more_o easy_o comprehend_v when_o contract_v 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