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this plan of cultivation, and alfo been an eye-witnefs 

 of very large crops procured thereby, on black 

 moory foils, I formed a refolution of trying the 

 effeds of the afhes thus procured in comparifon 

 with lime. For this purpofe^ I feledted a field in 

 which there was no apparent variation of foil. As 

 it was a new inclofure, and had never been ploughed, 

 the furze, fern, &c. with which it abounded, added 

 to the turf, furniflied more than three hundred 

 bufhels of very fine aihes. 



I then divided the field, and fpread the three 

 hundred Ipufhels on half of it, fully expelling the 

 moft beneficial efFe6ls from fo ample a manuring. 

 On the other half of the field I fpread four hun- 

 dred bufhels of lime, and fowed the whole in one 

 day with wheat. 



On the coming up of the wheat, I was very at- 

 tentive to the field, and not a litde furprifed to fee 

 the limed part afTume the mofl lively and healthful 

 verdure, whilfl the other part appeared very weak 

 and languid, infomuch that the difference was per- 

 ceivable at a mile's diftance. 



The hmed part maintained its fuperiority from 

 that time to harvefl; and on threiliing, 1 found 

 the produce of the limed part to be twenty-four 



bufhels> 



