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continued much as the preceding season, In the spring 
of 1808, I omitted sowing it with plaister ; and thought 
the pasture that season rather declining. I this spring 
(1809) sowed the field with 30 bushels of plaister ; and 
find the pasture improved, when compared tolast season. 
Ihave no doubt many will censure the foregoing, as 
an execrable rotation ; and as such reject it. My rea- 
son for adopting it was, that I knew the soil—a gritty 
gravel—well adapted to clover and plaister ; and being 
much infested with garlick, I determined to try a suc- 
cession of spring crops, to destroy the garlick ; and the 
event has fully answered my expectation. The soil be- 
ing well adapted to clover, it continues to be the pre- 
vailing crop; upon which the plaister has had, and con- 
tinues yet to have, an exceeding good effect. And this 
I have found invariably to be the case, as long as clover 
contimues to be the prevailing grass. But in all other 
cases, when other grasses subdue the clover, I find the 
application of plaister to be of small effect.” “ August, 
1609.77* 
* This is generally found to be so; by long experience. It 
will appear hereaiter, that in Europe, the like results occur, 
Among other proois, are the experiments of JZ. Berard, here- 
after inserted, 
R, P. 
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