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fpaces, than of the other manures, nor were thofe 

 fpaces in any eftimated preference as to native foil •, 

 yet are thofe fpots diftinguifhed by a more vigorous 

 vegetation, and a deeper green ; nor can there be 

 found on the reft of the field (7-8ths of the whole) 

 any roots fo large as many in thefe fmall tracks. 



I have carried this experiment farther, but from 

 thence no decifion can be formed, being on land 

 newly dibbled with wheat 5 the probable fuccefs- of 

 which, and the more afTured probability* of an im- 

 provement on a barley crop, intended in fucceflion 

 to the turnips, I purpofe, if in health, to commu- 

 nicate when time lhall give the refult ; and am, in 

 the interim, 



Your very refpe&ful friend, 



JOHN WAGSTAFFE. 



* To explain the apparent prefumption of more affured probabi- 

 lity », it may be noticed, that of the river Conferva, many unbroken 

 parts remained after the fecond hoeing of the turnips, owing to the 

 interwoven ftate of its fibres, which are more immenfe than its ex- 

 tended leaves or filaments j and which, in the compound, before it 

 was fpread on the land, emitted a fcent almoft as ftrong as ftye 

 manure. 



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