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that thofe manures which are mod apt to produce 

 weedsy fhould either be laid on pafture, or ploughed 

 in for fuch crops as can be bell hoed, or have the 

 bed tendency to deftroy them, viz. beans, peafe, 

 turnips, cabbages, &c. — that although fome of 

 thefe crops may require rather more expence, and 

 not return that expence in money quite fo fdon as 

 fome of the exhaufting ones, (part of them being 

 appropriated to the fattening of cattle, by which 

 means the beft of manure is raifed and in the largeft 

 quantity) yet, like thofe bees which travel fartheft, 

 and flay out longed, they generally return home 

 mod deeply laden ; — that the dung-heap be mod 

 feduloufly regarded as the foundation of his future 

 wealths — but that no manure fhould be laid on wet 

 Ipringy lands before they have been drained, unlefs 

 he chufes to fink the profits of all his other fields. 



He hath been taught to venture on fome few 

 experiments, on general fixed principles ^ which, 

 though they might not all of them perfectly anfwer 

 his expedlations, may, neverthelefs throw additional 

 light on the fubjedl of Agriculture. In a word, he 

 will become fit company for a gentleman ; he will 

 receive and communicate information i and at the 

 fame time, on account of that clofe attention which 

 he finds requifite, in order that he may pay his vtnx^ 



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