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expended in laying lime on the furface of land, where 

 it foon became effete and dead, and a6bed only by 

 its mechanical properties in the fame manner the 

 fubftances of which it was burnt would have done 

 had they never been burnt i fo that the whole expence 

 and trouble of burning was fo much thrown away. 



Sect. VII. Of the fuccefsful Inirodu5iion of many 



new Articles into Field Culture. 



If in the idea of new articles be included thofe 

 which have been transferred from the garden to the 

 field, the number will be far from being inconfider- 

 able. Turnips, potatoes, cabbage of different kinds;^ 

 carrots, parfnips, &c. were cultivated for domeftick 

 ufes, long before the time propofedj but the field 

 culture of thefe articles for the feed of cattle in any 

 confiderable degree, is quite a modern pradice; 

 The fuccefs which hath attended the ufe of thefe 

 articles, hath inconteftibly eftablillied their great 

 value and importance j but unfortunately their cul- 

 ture hath hitherto been much confined, and is vejy 

 far from being generally pradifed. 



\ Many kinds of graffes have likewife been ftrongly 

 recommended as valuable improvements, which> 

 having anfwered the finifter views of fome of the 

 rccommenders, in felling their feeds at a great price. 

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