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thought a better method to fow wheat firft, on one 
ploughing; after which, the afhes being ftill frefh 
in the ground, a crop of turnips may be as fafely 
relied on, and there is plenty of tirne to get the 
land incompleat tilth. Graffy wheat-ftubbles, that 
will produce a tolerable quantity of afhes, are fre- 
quently pared and burnt for turnips with great fue- 
cefs. In fhort, whenever followed with the turnip 
and clover hufbandry, its good effects are indif- 
putable; but like every other practice, it is liable 
to abufe in the hands of defigning men, who have 
fometimes made ufe of it to force repeated crops of 
corn, till the foil has been compleatly worn out and 
rendered incapable of any ufeful production.* 
Coppices are very much wanted in this diftrict. 
Afh thrives remarkably well on this foil, and is very 
ufeful for hurdles and gates, as well as for fuel, 
which is a very fcarce article; the coppices we 
have are chiefly compofed of this wood, which is 
fetched froma great diftance for coopers and other 
ufes; and has greatly rifen in price, as well as got 
fcarcer of late years, fo as to caufe ferious appre- 
henfions in fome parts of the diftrict, of great in- 
conveniencies for want of a fuffieient fupply of this 
== —— aay elas 
* Down-Ampney and its neighbourhood, the part of this county 
that borders on Wiltthire, is the only place in which I have met 
with any objeCtions to this management; the foil here confifts of 
ftiff clays and gravels; on the clays they do not think it an{fwers, 
but approve of it on’the gravels. 
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