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$dly. They lad to a feafon of difficulty, (April) 

 when flock, and efpecially fhcep farmers are fo 

 diftreffed, that they know not what refource to 

 provide; — a circumftance of fuperiority which 

 every practical farmer mud be ready enough to 

 admit. 



4thly. But perhaps the greateft fuperiority of all 

 is to be drawn from the nature of fandy foils, the 

 principles which mould guide their cultivation 

 being in general mod mifcrably mifunderftood. 

 On thefe foils there is an inherent defect in the 

 culture of turnips as commonly carried on. The 

 true theory of tillage for fand, is to give it tena- 

 city* but unfortunately the fummer ploughings 

 and harrowings fo liberally given for turnips are 

 in the fpirit of the clay culture//vV/&7/7y. Every 

 ploughing that is given to fand, after the fpring 

 moifture is over, is certainly mifchievous, in let- 

 ting the fun deep into the foil, adding to it's 

 loofenefs, volatilizing, and confequently carrying 

 off any mucilaginous particles there may be in it, 

 and letting loofe that degree of adhefion which 

 the preceding winter's rains might have occa- 

 iioned. The farmers fubmit to thefc ills, in order 

 to effect the benefit of deftroying weeds; and 

 when a fandy field has much couch-grafs (triti- 

 us) in it, they are forced to repeat their 

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