75 Efiquiries concerning tie Use of Mark. t^£^» 



manner. The jpower is in the hands of men who, generally 

 fpeaking, may be fuppofed not very verfant in fuch affairs. Be- 

 fides the trading and commercial interefts, who are little affefted 

 by the exaction of tythe, have got a preponderance in the legifla- 

 ture not To favourable to the profjperity of the country as could 

 be wifhed. 



One word more, and I have done. Your correfpondent, fome- 

 thing like Rochefoucault, lays it down as a principle, that all men 

 of good fenfe are guided by worldly interefi:. If this be the cafe, 

 why fhould farmers be denied the ufe of this principle, unlefs it 

 be prefumed that they are not under its influence .^ The great 

 majority wifh to get quit of tythes, i.ot becaufe they would then 

 pay lefs rent, but merely that they may peaceably enjoy the 

 fruits of improvement, and be rid of a burthen, which, in every 

 point of view, is vexatious and oppreflive. I am, 



Yours, &c. 

 A Friend to Improvements, 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER's MAGAZINE. 



Enquiries concerning the Use of Marie. '* 



Sir, 



Conscious of the great utility of your work, and of your rea^ 

 dinefs to comply with any requeft that may tend to the elucida- 

 tion of fubjecls not clearly underftood, I take the liberty of fub- 

 mitting a few thoughts to your confideration upon a bufinefs of 

 great importance to the farmers of this part cf the united em- 

 pire. 



Ireland abounds with boggs and mofly grounds ; and under 

 the greatefl part of thcin a ftratun) of marie is found. The pro- 

 perties of this manure are imperfe6lly underftood 5 and if we re- 

 ibrt for information to theoretical writers, we are only puzzled 

 and perplexed by the contradictory directions given. As I dif- 

 cern that the greateft number of your correfpondents are practical 

 farmers, it occurs that fome rules for the ufe and application of 

 this valuable manure, founded upon the bails of experience, may 

 be got from them. May I therefore folicit their attention to this 

 fubject, and dlredlions refpe<Sting the kind of foil beft calculated 

 for the application of marie, the quantity necelTary for an acre, 

 and the propereft time of laying it upon the ground ^ I am, Sir, 

 yours, £vc. 



A CONSTANT READER. 



A SHORT 



