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what does he do ? he either takes his feeds indif- 

 criminately from his own foul hayrick, or fends 

 to his next neighbour for a fupply. By this 

 means, befides a certain mixture of all forts of 

 rubbifh, which muft neceflarily happen -, if he 

 chances to have a large proportion of good feeds, 

 it is not unlikely, but that what he intends for 

 dry land may come from moift, where it grew 

 naturally, and the contrary s. This is fuch a 



flovenly 



* Since thejirjl edition of thefe traSis i have had fe'veral op' 

 port unities ofobfer-vinginjiances cfthisjlovenlykindofhu/bandry^ 

 and its effe^s. Tnjlead of covering the ground in one year ivith 

 a good turf J i have feen it filled vjith nveeds not natural to iti 

 andnvhich never voauld have fprung upy if they had not been 

 brought there. 



Arguments are never vjanting in fupport of ancient cufioms^ 

 and i am no fir anger to the arguments, fuch as they are, vjhicb 

 prejudice and indolence have made vfe of on this occafon, 



I . Some fay then^ that if you manure your ground properly ^ 

 good graffes voill come of thcmf elves. I ovun they vjill. But 

 the quejlion is hovj long it vjtll be before that happens^ and vuhy 

 he at the expence offcvuing vjhat you mujl aftervjards try to kill 

 hy manuring ? vohich muft he the cafe, as long as people fovj all 

 kinds ofrubbijh under the name of hay feeds. Again^ if the heft 

 v:ay is to let the ground take its chance ^ v:hy is the farmer at 

 the expence of procuring the feeds of the vohite, and broad cle- 

 ver, vjhich come up in almoft all parts of Engianafpontaneoufy ? 

 hut if this is a\lov:ed not to be the be ft ivay in relation to clover 

 (f any kind, vjhat reajon can hs in nature , 'v.-hy graft feeds only 



ought no: to be fcvj.'! pure F 



?.. Others 



