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crop, by farmers in the neighbourhood, as If the 

 land had been fallowed. Lime was put on before 

 the turnips were fown ; the root of grafs was good, 

 but the fummer following was fo dry, that it was 

 forced to be paftured inftead of mown, which cir- 

 cumftance fliews how unfit the land was for the cul- 

 ture of wheat in a common way. 



R. L. G. 



Art. XXIII. 

 On the folding of Hogs. 



[ Written by a Gentleman of great refpedlabillty in a hop county, 

 and well known to the Society: who, in a letter to the Sccre* 

 tary, injoins the fuppreflion of his name.] 



Sir 



A S the quantity of manure wanted for our hop- 

 ■*- ^ grounds has naturally led the farmer in this 

 country to confider every expedient by which it might 

 be increafed, it frequently occurred to me, that hogs, 

 from the richnefs of their manure, might be ufed to 

 advantage in this way ; and, as I fatten a confiderable 

 number every year for their dung, I was deter- 

 mined to try it. 



My 



