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undoubtedly is as good, and particularly on mine; 

 for fpread the eflence of dung, which thefe gentle- 

 men are fo fond of, and it is wafhed through our 

 gravels in one feafon; a top-drefling of foot, 

 pigeon's dung, &c. lads but one crop; and very 

 rotten pure dung ranks much in the fame manner. 

 With fuch a comport as I recommend, the cafe 

 is different. 



I have fome binding pebbly loams, that have fb 

 ftrong an adhefion, as to be what the- fanners juftly 

 call moft unkindiy land; for it has the tenacity of 

 clay without any of its virtues. Small quantities of 

 drelTings, however rich, are of little benefit on thefe 

 foils ; a pound of the cfTence of dung would be fo 

 faft locked up in a large clod, as to be rendered to- 

 tally ufelefs for a whole feafon: a rich top-dreffing 

 of foot, &c. is oftentimes quite loft on fuch land. 

 For this reafon, nothing does fo well with it as 

 compofts not kept long, carried on in very large 

 quantities. I would not give 20s. for twenty loads 

 carried on to an acre, though I would give 3I- for 

 forty loads; there muft be quantity enough to keep 

 the clods and loofe earth from uniting, or elfe the 

 dunging i& of little fervice. I need not add of 

 what confequence a ftrong fermentation, completed 

 in the foil, muft be to this land; but fmall quan- 

 tities, however rich, raife no fermentation. The 



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