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on the compat-dtlvfc' advantegtt of liming and burn^ 

 baiting, in refpcd to the foil of the new inclofurei 

 on Mendip-Hills. 



As the fpirit of cultivating thefe waftes feems to 

 overcome every obftacle, and as a knowledge of 

 the inefficacy of burning may prevent much ufe- 

 lefs expence, I truft thefe few hints^ drawn from 

 real experience, will not be thought trifling or un- 

 important. 



The field in which my carrots were raifed was 

 a few years ago part of the foreft: of Mendip. It 

 contains eight acres: the foil a gravelly loam, of a 

 good depth. 



In the year 1776, it received an ample manuring 

 with lime, (about twenty quarters per acre)' and 

 was fown with turnips; in I777, with barley; ift 

 1778, it was again manured with horfe-dung, to 

 the amount of fifteen cart-loads per acre, and 

 planted with the large Scotch Cabbage. The pro- 

 duce of this crop was very great, being more than 

 thirty tons per acre, and the ftock I maintained 

 with them would aftonifh the farmer unaccuftomed 

 to the cultivation of this plant. • And here I cannot 

 forbear recommending, in the warmeft manner, 

 t4K; culture of this cabbage (in conjundtion with 

 P 2 turnips} 



