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ter than the first, The third year it was not plaistered, 
but continued good. It was ploughed in the fall of that 
year, which was very tough ploughing, but done by 
two horses. The next spring I planted it with Indian 
corn, and put half a bushel plaister per acre on, which 
yielded upwards of fifty bushels per acre. The year 
following I sowed the same field with barley, having 
manured a part of it with barn yard manure the fall before 
I sowed the barley, I then intended to have sown the field 
with wheat, but the clover (without any seed being 
sown) coming upand making so beautiful an appearance, 
determined me to let it stand for a crop, which now looks 
to be the best crop I ever had of grass, being a mixture 
of red and white clover, with some blue grass. I sowed 
one bushel more plaister last spring per acre. I could 
mention several other experiments which I made, that are 
similar, on land of the same quality; as this field and two 
more which I had, were in pretty good heart before I be- 
gan to use the plaister. 
In the spring of the year 1792, I fenced off a piece 
of about four acres, being a part of a large field that 
was much reduced, washed into deep gullies in many 
parts, and had been totally neglected for many years. 
The appearance was so disagreeable that I put no value 
on it when I purchased the place, though the field con- 
tained near fifty acres. The above said piece of four 
acres I folded my cattle on at nights, which were be- 
tween thirty and forty in number, for near three months, 
and sowed it with wheat. The spring following, I sowed 
it with clover seed and one bushel of plaister per acre ; 
soon after the seed came up, the clover grew strong that 
season. I applied one bushel more plaister per acre the 
