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great deal of which is now in an uncultivated 
ftate, being ‘chiefly turf bog. In this ftate the 
principal plants that grow upon it are, Erica 
vulgaris, and Melica cerulea, a coarfe grafs that: 
cattle are not fond of. He is reclaiming this by 
degrees, by the application of fea fand, which is 
on that part of the coaft a mixture of fea fhells 
and granitic particles. He in the firft place has 
the ground made fomewhat. even, and then the 
fand laid upon it; fometimes a mixture of fand 
and fea weed is applied. The firft crop he grows 
is potatoes in beds; the fecond crop is barley or 
oats, which are generally very good; and the — 
third year the land produces fpontaneoufly a 
good crop of hay, chiefly compofed of Agroftis 
ftolonifera, a number of the plants of which are 
probably brought with the fand, and in that fhort 
fpace of time overrun the whole furface. Mr. 
Connys has never obferved a plant of it in flower, 
although he frequently has had feveral acres of it 
growing together. 
An acre of land thus reclaimed will produce 
two ton of excellent hay, worth from four to five 
pounds'per ton. Agroftis /tolonifera is.a remark- 
ably {weet and juicy grafs, and cattle of every fort 
are fond of it, when made into hay.’ 
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