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the depth of it, and what lies immediately under- 

 neath it. For if the richeft foil is only feven or 

 eight inches deep, and lies on a cold wet clay or 

 ftone, it will not be fo fruitful as leaner foils that 

 lie on a better under-ftratum. 



Gravel is perhaps the bed under-ftratum to 

 make the land prohfick. 



The bed loams, and natural earths, are of a 

 bright brown, or hazely colour. Hence they are 

 in this county called hazel loams. - They cut 

 fmooth, ana tolerably eafy, without clinging to 

 the fpade or pkr ghfhare; — are light, friable, and 

 fall into fmall clods, without chapping or crack- 

 ing in dry weather, or turning into mortar when 

 wet. Next to thefe, the dark grey, and rufTet 

 mould, are accounted the beft. The worft of all 

 are the light and dark afh-coloured. 



The goodnefs of land may alfo be very well 

 judged of by the fmeli and the touch. The beft 

 emits a frefh pleafant feent, on being dug or 

 ploughed up, efpeciaily after rain; and being a juft 

 proportion of tend and clay intimately blended, 

 will not ftick much to the fingers on handling. 

 But all foils, however good, may be impoverifhed, 

 and even worn out by fucceflive crops without 

 n reft, 



