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The foil was a loofe blackifh fandy graVe), and 

 in general very dry. In March I tu^-ned it over 

 with a whehning plough, about ten inches deep; 

 and ran a pair of heavy harrows over it to get ouc 

 the roots of the furze, ling, and other trumpery 

 with which it had been overrun. Thefc I burnt, 

 and fpread the aflies. In May, I ploughed it acrofs 

 with the fame plough, harrowed, burnt the weeds, 

 &c. and fpread the alhes as before. In July, I 

 ploughed it again, and fpread thirty bufhels of 

 lime per acre. In September, I ploughed it a 

 fourth time, with a common plough, harrowed it, 

 and burnt the rubbifh. By this time it was in fine 

 tikh. InO(5lober, I fowed half of it with wheat, 

 and the other half with rye; the former nine pecks, 

 and the latter three bufhels per acre ; the winter 

 proving favourable, the rye came up thick and 

 grew winter-proud. In January, I ran a hurdle 

 fence acrofs, and turned in my fheep to feed it off — 

 they remained there till the end of February, and 

 left the field almoft bare. I then top-drefTed it 

 with fix bufhels of lime per acre, which made the 

 crop fpring vigoroufly. It was as fine as ever I faw> 

 and yielded me near five quarters per acre. 



The wheat did not feem fo ftrong as I expcfted; 



but toward fpring it thickened, and I had near four 



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