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^. 3^. What manure now generally in ufe do 

 you find moft ferviceable, on the following foils 

 refpedtively, viz. ftiff clays, light fand, gravelly, 

 moory, cold and wet, or what is called flone- 

 brafh. land? — In what quantities are the feveral 

 manures laid on per acre,- at what feafon; and 

 how long will each laft without re'tiewal ? 



A. On ftiff clays or fand, or gravelly cold wee 

 land, lay marie or chalk early in the winter, at the 

 rate of eighty cart-loads per acre, which will laft: 

 twenty years; befides this, dung and lime is fome- 

 times added. 



^. ^th. Have you difcovered any new manure 

 more efficacious than thofe generally ufed, and 

 which may eafily be obtained in large quantities J 

 If fo, what is it, when and how applied P^ 



A. Dung made by fat bullocks fed on hay and 

 oil-cakes, and by flieep fed on the fame or turnip 

 lands. Lai^e oxen will eat twenty pounds of oil- 

 cake per day, but Welch heifers will thrive well 

 with half the quantity. 



^. ^th. What is the beft top-drefling for cold 

 wet paftures which cannot eafily be drained ? 



A. Wood-aftics, coal-afties, with fowls or pi- 

 geons dung fpread thin. 

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