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prove a fcvere trial both to their patience and 

 their pockets. 



Mr. TuLL, to vvhofe memory the mod grateful 

 tribute of refped; is due, has in a great variety of 

 inftances fhewn to what an amazing degree of fer- 

 tility even very poor land may be brought by re- 

 peated and frequent breaking, dividing, and pul- 

 verizing the foil. The truth and propriety of his 

 principles are generally allowed, and indeed can- 

 not be well controverted, how much foever the 

 mode he adopted, and his method of applying 

 them, may be decried by fome, and by the pecu- 

 liar circumftances of the land of others rendered 

 impracticable. The foil of his eftate was in gene- 

 ral light and fragile, and in all refpcds peculiarly 

 fuitable to his mode ofpradice. All land, what- 

 ever may be its temperature, may be fertilized and 

 improved by frequent ploughing a»d harrowing, 

 if they are well timed j but all la-nd is not equally 

 fuitable to the drill and horfe-hoeing culture; and 

 fome, though perhaps comparatively little, not at 

 ■all fo. Hilly countries, land that is rocky or 

 abounding with large loofe flones, or that confifts 

 of a flrong, rnoift, adhcfive clay, is wot in general 

 fuitable, to the drill-culture; but the land-that is nojt 

 jliitable, I apprehend,, bears no great proportion to 

 f^}% ■^v.hich- iSj. The intelligent .hulbandman, w;ho 



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