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Article XXXL 



Experiments to a/certain the life of Soapers- 

 ylfl>es and Feathersy as Manures. 



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[Communicated to the Society by an Eflex Farmer.] 



Gentlemen, 



N April laft I top-dreffed half a field of clover 

 with aflilep, or foap- boiler's a(hes, at the rate of 

 fixty bufhck per acre, leaving the other half in its 

 former ftatc. The efFedt exceeded my expedta- 

 tions. There was no apparent difference either in 

 the foil, or in the crop it produced laft year; but in 

 confequence of this manure, the drcfTed part of the 

 field produced, the laft fummer, nearly double the 

 quantity of hay as the other. 



I have alfo ufed this manure with great fuccefs 

 in cold wet fpungy meadow-land. It has appa- 

 rently dried it, and, by its warm quality and the 

 falts it contains, made it produce much greater 

 crops of grafs than before. I would therefore re- 

 commend it for both the above-mentioned pur- 

 pofes, if it is not already in ufe in your countr)', 

 and can fafely anfwer for its fuccefs. The farmers 

 here will readily give from twelve fhillings to a 



guinea 



